watchable

adjective

watch·​able ˈwä-chə-bəl How to pronounce watchable (audio)
ˈwȯ-
: worth watching
a minor but highly watchable film
watchable noun

Examples of watchable in a Sentence

a minor but highly watchable film
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If wrestling is so watchable thanks to its intelligibility—every appearance, utterance, and movement is so extreme that the point of the story cannot be misinterpreted—then the same can be said of many scenarios in KUWTK. Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 An entire professional class of content creators emerged whose job was to figure out how to make their little video more engaging, watchable, and unignorable than the next. Hank Green, Time, 7 May 2026 The always watchable Charlize Theron is the anchor of Apex, which has been topping the Netflix charts since its release last week. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026 So Isaac and Mulligan have done seething resentment before in the most watchable way. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchable

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of watchable was circa 1909

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“Watchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchable. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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