GOVERNABLE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

governable

adjective

Definition of governable

as in manageable

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Recent Examples of governable The organizations that treat these tools as durable, governable infrastructure, rather than novelties, will be the ones that turn AI potential into measurable progress. — Ricardo Tavares, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 The idea, as the filing shows, is that the new company can use Starlink’s revenue plus SpaceX’s launch business to subsidize the AI buildout, and use xAI’s technology to make Mars actually governable at scale. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 May 2026 The goal isn’t decentralization as an aesthetic, but decentralization that stays governable. — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 Another, governable president would be looking to move that range down for his party by either changing the circumstances or the perception of them to the electorate. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026

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Adjective

The beach is right there for swimming and paddleboarding when the surf is calm, and the trails through the dunes are manageable for kids old enough to walk them without being carried.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
The key is to go for that same effortless, experimental vibe by creating a contrast between more defined, sculpted roots and keeping the rest of the hair straight and manageable.

— María Diez, Glamour, 26 Sep. 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

Researchers recreated this underlying dynamics in a controllable quantum system and found that string breaking can begin at the edges before spreading inward.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 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, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of controllable

Adjective

The Federal Reserve’s decision to increase its key interest rate for the first time in three years in a bid to tame surging inflation could also keep upward pressure on mortgage rates.

— Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Odds of another rate increase at next month’s US Federal Reserve meeting approached 70%, as one Fed governor said Wednesday that further tightening would be required to tame inflation.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of tame

Adjective

Then someone decides what the right answer is, usually pulling in product or legal, before it gets written, approved, built into something teachable and scheduled into a session competing with everything else on the calendar.

— Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 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

That year, Epstein also pitched the idea of a Sharia-compliant cryptocurrency to the Saudis and sought to discuss it with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, popularly known as MBS.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Is education a conservative force that makes minorities compliant?

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of compliant

Adjective

Was the prevailing idea that enslaved people were sweet and innocent and docile and as giving and forgiving as Uncle Tom?

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
The attorney for HeeHaw's owner says the donkey was raised as a pet and known to be docile.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of docile

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

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