bearable

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/ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ/

adjective

Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

Similar
abideablelivablesurvivableendurableportablesufferablesupportabletolerable
OriginMiddle English berable →
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Meanings

adjectivebearable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAble to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

    Synonyms: abideable, livable, survivable, abideable, endurable, livable, portable, sufferable

  2. not comparableAble to be borne or carried; portable.

    A joint cause is neither necessary nor sufficient for an effect—for example, any one of six pallbearers is a joint cause of carrying a coffin bearable by four.

    2015, Andrew Chignell, Terence Cuneo, Matthew C. Halteman, Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating

    Synonyms: portatile, shiftable, transportable, carriable, fieldable, grab-and-go, handcarried, portable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAble to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

Similar
abideablelivablesurvivableabideableendurablelivableportablesufferablesupportablesurvivabletolerablewithstandable

adjectiveAble to be borne or carried; portable.

Similar
portatileshiftabletransportablecarriablefieldablegrab-and-gohandcarriedportableportatileportativeshiftabletotabletransportable

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecapable of being borne though unpleasant

Similar
endurablesufferablesupportabletolerable
Also see
abideablecarriableendurablefieldablegrab-and-gohandcarriedlivableportableportatileportativeshiftablesufferablesupportablesurvivabletolerabletotabletransportablewithstandable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishberable
  2. Englishbearable

From Middle English berable, equivalent to bear + -able.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀνεκτός, φορητός
  • ἀνεκτός (anektós)able to be borne
  • φορητός (phorētós)able to be borne
Bulgarian търпи́м, сно́сен
  • търпи́м (tărpím)able to be borne
  • сно́сен (snósen)able to be borne
  • поноси́м (ponosím)able to be borne
Catalan suportable
  • suportableable to be borne
Czech snesitelný
  • snesitelnýable to be borne
Dutch draaglijk
  • draaglijkable to be borne
Finnish siedettävä
  • siedettäväable to be borne
French vivable, supportable
  • vivableable to be borne
  • supportableable to be borne
German erträglich
  • erträglichable to be borne
Greek ανεκτός
  • ανεκτός (anektós)able to be borne
Hungarian kibírható, elviselhető
  • kibírhatóable to be borne
  • elviselhetőable to be borne
Irish sofhulaingthe
  • sofhulaingtheable to be borne
Italian sopportabile
  • sopportabileable to be borne
Latin tolerabilis
  • tolerabilisable to be borne
Polish znośny, do wytrzymania
  • znośnyable to be borne
  • do wytrzymaniaable to be borne
Portuguese suportável
  • suportávelable to be borne
Russian терпи́мый, сно́сный
  • терпи́мый (terpímyj)able to be borne
  • сно́сный (snósnyj)able to be borne
  • выноси́мый (vynosímyj)able to be borne
Spanish soportable, tolerable
  • soportableable to be borne
  • tolerableable to be borne
  • llevaderoable to be borne

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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