actable

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adjective

Able to be acted, as by an actor.

Opposite
unactable
OriginEnglish act ← Middle English acte ← Old French act →
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Meanings

adjectiveactable (comparative more actable, superlative most actable)

comparative more actable · superlative most actable

  1. Able to be acted, as by an actor.

    Is naked truth actable in true life?

    1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 76

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being acted; suitable for the stage

Opposite
unactable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*agō
  4. Latinagō
  5. Latināctus
  6. Latinācta
  7. Old Frenchact
  8. Middle Englishacte
  9. Englishact
  10. Englishactable

From act + -able.

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APA

actable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actable

MLA

“actable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actable.

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