CONTROLLABLE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

controllable

adjective

Definition of controllable

as in manageable

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Recent Examples of controllable Even a perfectly controllable AI won’t resolve the question of who should control it. — Harry Booth, Time, 5 Nov. 2026 Platforms are also building user-controllable storage into their products. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Not because trainers are lazy, but because output feels controllable. — Ben Plomion, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Among the technologies still being developed are controllable generative fluids. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 The electrical rig generates intense, controllable thermal energy without needing radioactive fuel. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 The report makes nearly 150 recommendations, including hiring a police sergeant to focus on campus events and creating clear criteria for when events must be moved indoors or to more controllable venues. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026 Researchers are pursuing safer and more controllable methods, including small molecules that might produce reprogramming without the introduction of new genes. — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 So do the conditions, biorhythms and a whole variety of factors both controllable and not. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for controllable

Adjective

Like any problem, Rosenthal says, the best way to start is by breaking it down into smaller, manageable chunks—in this case, quite literally.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026
Ultimately, the smaller ULT Tower 10 remains our Editors' Choice for its still-big sound, more manageable size, and lower cost.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of manageable

Adjective

External control arms, comparative effectiveness studies against real-world standard of care, post-market expansions of indication and broader safety analyses all become more tractable.

— David Talby, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026

Definition of tractable

Adjective

In 1940, as skilled workers were drafted and war production surged, the War Manpower Commission created Training Within Industry, which broke complex jobs into teachable steps.

— Phillip Marangella, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
While this may seem incongruous with some of his emotional displays on the field, coaches with different backgrounds and specialties have consistently described Crow-Armstrong as approachable and teachable.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of teachable

Adjective

Nervous system training has moved from clinical biofeedback labs to everyday wrist wearables, with brands like Oura, WHOOP and Apollo Neuro reframing stress as a trainable fitness metric.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
The infrastructure layer that makes those models trainable, specifically, the physical world data supply chain, remains underfunded relative to the problem size.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of trainable

Adjective

In the new study, published on November 2 in Current Biology, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou and her team found that the tame foxes had notably fewer of the estrogen receptor alpha neurons than the aggressive or conventional foxes.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
As for City Council members, their criticisms have been fairly tame compared with last year’s fireworks over pro-development Adams-administration measures that were seen as an existential threat to the council’s power.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of tame

Adjective

What happened to that docile small-town bunch that was once embarrassingly soft?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
The models in the film, meanwhile, run the spectrum from docile to diva — including Evangelista, who’s entreating the camera with an impish smile even while having a little fit backstage.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of docile

Adjective

Accessibility The property offers ADA-compliant guest rooms, elevators to all floors, and accessible entrances.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
The project will convert unused platforms originally built for mail and parcels into passenger platforms that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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