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doable

adjective

ˈdü-ə-bəl How to pronounce doable (audio)
Definition of doablenext
as in possible
capable of being done or carried out the assignment will be just barely doable in the time allowed

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Recent Examples of doable Máncora is just around 10 miles further north, making visiting the two surf towns doable in a single day or over the course of a weekend. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026 Putting 3 in the back would be quite doable, though a little cozy in some cases. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Even with this delay, our connection in Atlanta looked doable. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 His greatest asset as a politician has always been his ability to connect across communities from the grassroots up, offering not just a vision of better things but the enthusiasm and hope to believe better things are both possible and doable. — Carl Luna, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doable
  1. possible
  2. achievable
  3. feasible
  4. attainable
  5. viable
Adjective
  • As this is not always possible, there can be competition among rainmakers trying to discredit each other, said 30-year-old Kilindon Simiyu, another of the village's rainmakers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The sessions are made possible through a partnership between Alpert JFS, the city of Lake Worth Beach, Drug Abuse Foundation, and the Recovery Community HUB of Riviera Beach.
    — Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of possible
Adjective
  • The true change is that building technology shaped around your actual business has become achievable for companies that could never have dreamed of it before.
    — Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Only 21% of young people today think the American Dream is achievable for them, down from over 50% just a decade ago.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of achievable
Adjective
  • If modernization isn’t feasible soon, running such workloads on-premises may be more stable and economical than forcing a cloud lift-and-shift.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • However, Bobrick says that if such effects were constructed at much smaller scales, the amount of energy required could be reduced as well, thereby making the process more feasible.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of feasible
Adjective
  • Military strategy, however, needs to be organized around a concrete, attainable political end state to be effective.
    — NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The flavors, textures, and breeziness of the entire experience promise elevated—and yet, attainable—pizza pleasure.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of attainable
Adjective
  • What becomes viable when AI handles the routine and humans handle the judgment?
    — Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Highly active variants quickly degraded under thermal stress, and stable variants operated far too slowly to be commercially viable.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of viable

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“Doable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doable. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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