cogitable

adjective

Definition of cogitablenext
as in possible

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cogitable
  1. possible
  2. practical
  3. acceptable
  4. conceivable
  5. reasonable
  6. probable
  7. imaginable
  8. plausible
Adjective
  • Sunlight Place the plant in a sunny window, south-facing if possible, and give it four to six hours of sunlight each day.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Carley Garner, a commodity market strategist and broker at DeCarley Trading, said smaller futures and oil ETFs such as the United States Oil Fund (ticker USO) have made speculation possible for traders at almost any level of experience or funding.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of possible
Adjective
  • Earlier models relied on broad hydrological assumptions and missed practical engineering hurdles.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Giving manufacturers a practical way to reverse that integrity at the end of life could help turn some of those expensive materials back into feedstock instead of waste.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of practical
Adjective
  • Too often, the pressure is not to go further, but to remain legible, acceptable, and marketable.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But this seemed an acceptable trade-off for a childhood in which kids quickly learned to act independently.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of acceptable
Adjective
  • And the senior running back has a knack for making plays in every conceivable way.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Breaking the £300m barrier in player sales for the second consecutive summer is very conceivable.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of conceivable
Adjective
  • The judge then reread his instructions on reasonable doubt before sending them back to continue deliberating.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Deadlocked jurors have deliberated seven days, with one panelist accused of misapplying reasonable doubt, exposing deep divisions over whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of reasonable
Adjective
  • The interaction feels wildly improbable even with respect to a movie that doesn’t claim to create a probable world.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Stanford, meanwhile, has 15 players listed as out, one as doubtful, five as questionable and four as probable.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of probable
Adjective
  • Tell me another team this talented that has found this many ways to lose baseball games in the most excruciating way imaginable.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served at the bright and airy Cactus Flower, with a buffet and à la carte menus (with calorie counts for each dish), all customizable to every dietary need imaginable.
    — Jessica Ritz, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of imaginable
Adjective
  • That sounds like a plausible enough explanation for why Pike’s seemingly lost two weeks’ worth of memories.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Expect the trend to sharpen into its own lane over the next 12 to 18 months, with three plausible developments worth tracking.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of plausible
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