viewable

adjective

view·​able ˈvyü-ə-bəl 

1

a

: capable of being seen : visible

The next solar eclipse that will be visible from North America is coming on June 10, 2021 when a partial 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

Leftover licenses go on sale on August 5, 2025, and the Colorado Elk Leftover License List is viewable in late July. —Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025

Skip to main content This post has been deleted, but comments are still viewable. —Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025

Blockchain The blockchain is the publicly viewable ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions. —Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Despite the continued flood of posts and sporadic bans of individual accounts, the hashtags observed by NBC News over several weeks remained open and viewable as of Wednesday. —Ben Goggin, NBC news, 18 June 2025

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