Meanings
comparative more definable · superlative most definable
- Able to be defined.
Many words are definable by using other words.
1 more example
He speaks to an audience definable not by its size nor even by its color but by its intellectual jazzhead zeal, and if he sometimes appears to be speaking only to himself, so be it; few people I know have the fervor for anything to match Mackey’s for jazz.
2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being defined, limited, or explained
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan definible
- definibleable to be defined
Czech definovatelný
- definovatelnýable to be defined
Dutch definieerbaar
- definieerbaarable to be defined
Esperanto difinebla
- difineblaable to be defined
French définissable
- définissableable to be defined
German definierbar
- definierbarable to be defined
Italian definibile
- definibileable to be defined
Latin dēfīnibilis
- dēfīnibilisable to be defined
Portuguese definível
- definívelable to be defined
Slovak definovateľný
- definovateľnýable to be defined
Spanish definible
- definibleable to be defined
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Cite this entry
definable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/definable
“definable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/definable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “definable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/definable.
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