PASSABLE Synonyms: 210 Similar and Opposite Words

passable

adjective

ˈpa-sə-bəl

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as in navigable

capable of being traveled on after the snowstorm ends, the roads might not be passable for the morning ride to school

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as in penetrable

capable of being passed into or through the jungle is not passable without a machete

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as in decent

of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards that's a passable paper

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as in satisfactory

of average to below average quality the actor's Scottish accent is passable at best

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Recent Examples of passable Residents in the Blackhawk subdivision area should evacuate immediately for safety reasons while the road remains passable, the DNR said. —

Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Hit Rocky Mountain and Glacier in late August or early September—Going-to-the-Sun Road and Trail Ridge Road should still be open and passable. —

Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026 In barely three years, AI has gone from a novelty that could write passable college essays to a technology that can generate lifelike video, clone human voices, and write software code so effectively that people with no programming experience are building apps on their own. —

Andrew Rasiej, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026 Though neither Baker nor Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire) is especially memorable as a thread in our heroine’s domestic tapestry, each does passable work in his supporting role. —

Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passable

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Residents of the Pyramid Acres subdivision in southwest Tarrant County say landowner Nancy Rimmer has unlawfully blocked their access to Bear Creek, a navigable public waterway, by posting no-trespassing signs, installing surveillance cameras and hiring armed guards.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
That foundation makes everything that follows—diagnosis, treatment, ongoing care—feel more navigable.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 1 May 2026