VIABILITY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

viability

noun

Definition of viability

as in feasibility

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Relevance

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as in existence

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Recent Examples of viability The Georgia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition launched Wednesday to evaluate the economic viability of a homegrown biofuel industry. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The project has faced years of questions over its cost and commercial viability. — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2026 The Gucci Store was a genius way to manifest the ultimate viability of this coalescing on brand rebrand. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 Sustainable viability is proven when enterprises shift this spend into permanent OpEx. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for viability

Recent Examples of Synonyms for viability

Noun

The companies plan to identify possible end users and host sites, examine regulatory requirements and develop feasibility and project materials.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
So where does that leave us as far as the feasibility of warp drives?

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of feasibility

Noun

Noonan's column also manifests the larger substantive concern, already being expressed by some of those involved in the rapid development of AI, that the new technology could escape human control and even threaten the existence of humankind.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
The artist Rosemary Mayer was drawn to the idea of setting one’s sights on this rich existence of the ordinary material world.

— Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of existence

Noun

One is a vow, and one is a mandate, and one is a possibility, and each of them provides Cal with a path forward.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Some say the possibility of being slapped with the fees is a factor in buyers’ waning interest in condos, which have long been a relatively affordable option, at the same time that construction of new condos has continued to lag across the state.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of possibility

Noun

In the show, eight celebrity city dwellers with almost no survival skills are dropped into a remote natural environment for 18 days.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
But strains at the top of the organization over its brand and direction reflect many premium news outlets’ dilemmas about survival and profit in a post-traffic, AI-ascendant media age.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of survival

Noun

Time, not thriftily spent but flagrantly wasted at cards or the wheel, is brought to a standstill right at the moment of its greatest potentiality—this would have to be the ultimate payoff.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Definition of potentiality

Noun

The same absence of sensationalism and veneer of reasonableness applies to the world inside Osama’s home.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
The instruction asks jurors to consider the reasonableness of their own opinions and others’ and to continue deliberating toward a verdict.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of reasonableness

Noun

The vote is being closely watched by investors across the globe, with questions swirling around whether the incoming administration can deliver fiscal credibility.

— Chloe Taylor,Thomas Da Graca Barlow, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
What voters will decide instead is how Brazil manages its credibility deficit and whether the country can start the long process of closing it.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of credibility

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