Synonyms of manageable

manageable

adjective

as in controllable

easy to control or deal with

We bought smaller, more manageable suitcases.

They divided the students into three manageable groups.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• controllable
• tractable
• tame
• governable
• compliant
• decorous
• teachable
• obedient
• docile
• amenable
• handleable
• trainable
• conformable
• submissive
• disciplinable
• agreeable
• amiable
• constrained
• dutiful
• acquiescent
• biddable
• restrained
• yielding
• orderly
• law-abiding
• soft
• disciplined
• obliging
• surrendering
• placable
• duteous
• inhibited
• mannerly
• repressed
• curbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unmanageable
• uncontrollable
• wild
• stubborn
• obstinate
• resistant
• unyielding
• obdurate
• peevish
• headstrong
• dogged
• hardheaded
• defiant
• mulish
• bad
• perverse
• balky
• disorderly
• mischievous
• intractable
• pigheaded
• naughty
• errant
• unruly
• contrary
• refractory
• willful
• self-willed
• recalcitrant
• rebellious
• wilful
• ungovernable
• restive
• wayward
• noncompliant
• obstreperous
• disobedient
• untoward
• insubordinate
• contumacious
• rebel
• froward
• misbehaving
• unamenable
• incompliant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manageable

Doctors always did the same thing: prescribe a topical steroid ointment, which kept my skin somewhat manageable for years at a time. —Raelle Kennedy, Health, 29 Apr. 2025

While immunotherapies also come with side effects—including fatigue, skin rashes, and, in a few patients, hypothyroidism—these are often manageable. —Alice Park, Time, 28 Apr. 2025

This federal support has driven advances leading to higher survival rates and the transformation of some cancers into a manageable chronic or curable condition. —Jeffrey MacKeigan, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025

Consider breaking larger projects into smaller, manageable tasks. —Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2025