downloadable

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UK/ˌdaʊnˈləʊd.ə.bl̩/US/ˌdaʊnˈloʊd.ə.bl̩/

adjective

Capable of being downloaded.

CommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivedownloadable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being downloaded.

    While you do not have to cut prices on your downloadable "books," some publishers are tempted to cut the list price on their dead tree editions.

    2000, Dan Poynter, The Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book
    1 more example

    Network Rail has produced a free downloadable comic highlighting the consequences of railway trespass. Between March 23 and April 26, there were 1,024 trespass incidents on the railway. […] it is based on the company's award-winning safety film 18, which shows the dangers of trespass, especially around electrified lines.

    2020 June 17, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71

    Antonyms: undownloadable

noundownloadable (plural downloadables)

plural downloadables

  1. computingSomething that can be downloaded.

    But when you're talking about digital products and downloadables, the average product online digitally allows you to get a 50 percent commission.

    2011, Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive, page 159

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCapable of being downloaded.

Origin

  1. Englishdown-
  2. Englishload
  3. Englishdownload
  4. Englishdownloadable

From download + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic قابل للتنزيل
  • قابل للتنزيلcapable of being downloaded
Catalan descarregable
  • descarregablecapable of being downloaded
Dutch downloadbaar
  • downloadbaarcapable of being downloaded
French téléchargeable
  • téléchargeablecapable of being downloaded
German downloadbar
  • downloadbarcapable of being downloaded
Hungarian letölthető
  • letölthetőcapable of being downloaded
Italian scaricabile
  • scaricabilecapable of being downloaded
Spanish descargable
  • descargablecapable of being downloaded
Swedish nerladdningsbar, nedladdningsbar
  • nerladdningsbarcapable of being downloaded
  • nedladdningsbarcapable of being downloaded
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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