actionable

adjective

ac·​tion·​able ˈak-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 

1

: subject to or affording ground for an action or suit at law

2

: capable of being acted on

actionable information

actionably

ˈak-sh(ə-)nə-blē 

adverb

Synonyms

• applicable
• applicative
• applied
• functional
• practicable
• practical
• serviceable
• ultrapractical
• usable
• useable
• useful
• workable
• working

Examples of actionable in a Sentence

Firing people because of their age is actionable.

We've received actionable information that the men are hiding in these mountains.

Recent Examples on the Web

Cascading financial targets into specific actions—like increasing product sales or expanding customer numbers by X or Y—helps turn abstract goals into actionable steps. —Andrew Collis, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

Reports are often delivered too late to be actionable. —Tyler Shepherd, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. —Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025

Nicolaisen dissects the technology smoothly, in terms most beginners could understand, and distills it into actionable steps for his players. —Tim Britton, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

action + -able

First Known Use

circa 1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Legal Definition

actionable

adjective

ac·​tion·​able ˈak-shə-nə-bəl 

: subject to or providing grounds for an action or suit at law

there is good sense in seeking generally to harmonize the standards of what amounts to actionable harassment

—Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 755 (1998)