VIABILITY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

viability

noun

Definition of viability

as in feasibility

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as in existence

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Recent Examples of viability These eight parts of the sales process aim to help organizations evaluate the viability of prospective deals and forecast revenue. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 The technology remains at an early stage, however, and its long-term viability will depend on whether companies can solve the economic, technical and logistical challenges of operating and maintaining thousands of satellites in space. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 Truxel Road and Del Paso Road/Natomas Boulevard The final list is dependent on community feedback and a review of the financial and legal viability of each location. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 That certainly puts them on the path to commercial viability. — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for viability

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Noun

The companies also pointed out that the agreement recognizes PCCA’s work with CORE POWER to assess the feasibility of both pathways.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
While the White House agreed in July to grant Ukraine a license to build Patriots, manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are stalling a joint-production deal as executives weigh feasibility and licensing hits red tape, DefenseNews reported.

— Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of feasibility

Noun

The sophism therefore happens when the linguistic form of human knowledge is taken as evidence for the existence of the same internal phenomenon.

— Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Later experiments at the Beijing Spectrometer and Belle in Japan supported its existence, but all of those observations came from collisions between electrons and positrons.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of existence

Noun

Another, lesser possibility, is that some technical issue was discovered at the last minute with either the complex Chang’e 7 payload, or the rocket.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Aug. 2026
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the destination of NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission, is one intriguing possibility.

— Nolan Roth, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of possibility

Noun

To pretend otherwise, to act as if survival in these conditions is simply beyond this group, underrates them but is fundamentally far too kind to them.

— Ben Jones, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Overall survival data, which will inform whether the combination treatment allows patients to live longer, were also not yet available.

— Mariam Sunny, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of survival

Noun

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
Takeovers are at once a timeless illustration of the volatility of crowds—perhaps especially adolescent crowds—and of the much newer potentialities unleashed by the internet a few decades ago.

— Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of potentiality

Noun

It was built across the decade that followed in journals, boardrooms and the offices of clinicians who staked their credibility on a better approach.

— Erez Meltzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Plagiarism becomes political Today, accusations of plagiarism have become a potent way to undermine someone’s credibility.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

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