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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Where to watch: Netflix 'Freaky Tales' Pedro Pascal is in approximately 57 movies this year, but none are quite like this bizarrely watchable, throwback action B-movie. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025 In a room with a moderate level of ambient light, colors were a bit washed out at that size, but even the dark scenes were still quite watchable with little loss of shadow detail. PC Magazine, 29 July 2025 With no other watchable game of cat sack to compare against, this scene in You Don’t Mess With the Zohan allows for the possibility that Zohan might be the greatest cat sacker ever, looking smooth as can be and never letting the feline hit the ground. Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025 Starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans—three beautiful people who are simply very fun to watch onscreen—Materialists is a satisfying, extremely watchable entry that reinvigorates a genre that has largely been relegated to streaming-only clichés. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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