disciplinable

adjective

Definition of disciplinablenext
1
as in manageable

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words
2
as in punishable

Related Words

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disciplinable
  1. manageable
  2. punishable
  3. controllable
  4. chargeable
  5. tame
  6. criminal
  7. tractable
  8. irresponsible
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
  • Abdullahi Mohamud Mohamed, who served a brief stint as Omar’s bodyguard, was indicted by a grand jury in April on charges of lying to immigration authorities under oath, a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in federal prison.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Under the law, animal abandonment without proper care, food, water, or shelter is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of punishable
Adjective
  • 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
Definition of controllable
Adjective
  • Domestic terrorism itself is not a chargeable offense.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Plus, chargeable devices like power banks and laptops should always remain with you in the cabin.
    — Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
Definition of chargeable
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
  • Also Sunday, prosecutors ordered a 48-hour detention of Marko Kricak, Vucic's chief of criminal police.
    — MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Linn County prosecutors did not file criminal charges, but the church would not allow Moore to work with children, youth and vulnerable adults.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of criminal
Adjective
  • Infinity turns out to be very tractable in a way that a billion is not.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of tractable
Adjective
  • The Cat is an irresponsible worker who regularly racks up too high a score on the Mess-o-Meter.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The rare Voatsiperifery pepper, native to Madagascar and coveted by international chefs, is facing the depletion of its wild habitat through irresponsible harvesting, bush fires, and charcoal production.
    — Leah Quinn, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of irresponsible
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

discipleship
disciplinable
disciplinarian
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Disciplinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disciplinable. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of lissome

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Nov. 13

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
speech-bubble-untangle
Simplify The Convoluted Expression Quiz A quiz that’s as “uncomplicated as a round de...
See All