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 Media Rating Council's viewable video impression standard requires only two continuous seconds with half the player on screen. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The total eclipse was expected to be viewable in Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia and a small corner of Portugal, according to NASA. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

YouTube is often accessed without an account because most of its content is viewable that way. — Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026

The development also will be viewable by fans in the stadium. — Tampa Bay Times, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 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