viewable

adjective

view·​able ˈvyü-ə-bəl 

1

a

: capable of being seen : visible

The next solar eclipse … will be viewable from the north-eastern U.S. and Canada.

—Jamie Carter

b

: capable of being inspected or examined in person

This lust for high-tech life is also answered in the … look of the Michael Jackson Suite at Disney World (viewable by appointment) at the fabulous Hotel Royal Plaza.

—Ellen Count

2

: capable of being watched (as on a display screen)

Before long, the boys have embellished their report with video segments (viewable on a nearby big-screen TV) …

—Charles Piller

Virgil and two friends, John Beck and Ken Dunn, had watched the news reports … on the set's one viewable channel.

—Leigh Montville

With Flash, you can create compact, streaming Web animations that are easily viewable on just about any platform.

—Ben Long

Examples of viewable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The performances would instead be viewable via the networks’ respective digital platforms. —Tiago Ventura, Time, 12 June 2026

The full video is viewable on the New York City media and entertainment office’s website. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 June 2026

For converting raw camera files into viewable, editable images, both programs (and Photoshop) use the same Adobe raw conversion engine. —Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026

Past chats will reportedly be viewable as a list or as a collection of rectangles, similar to how notes are laid out as blocks in Google Keep. —Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 28 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

view entry 2 + -able

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for viewable

• chewable
• doable
• nonrenewable
• renewable
• reviewable