exhaustible

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/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪbl̩/

adjective

Capable of being exhausted.

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Meanings

adjectiveexhaustible (comparative more exhaustible, superlative most exhaustible)

comparative more exhaustible · superlative most exhaustible

  1. Capable of being exhausted.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being used up

Similar

adjectivecapable of being used up; capable of being exhausted

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
  8. Proto-Italic*auziō
  9. Latinhauriō
  10. Latinexhauriō
  11. Latinexhaustus
  12. Englishexhaust
  13. Englishexhaustible

From exhaust + -ible.

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Translations

Czech versatile
  • versatilecapable of being exhausted
Spanish agotable, fallidero
  • agotablecapable of being exhausted
  • falliderocapable of being exhausted
  • acabablecapable of being exhausted
Swedish uttömlig
  • uttömligcapable of being exhausted
Cite this entry
APA

exhaustible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhaustible

MLA

“exhaustible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhaustible. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exhaustible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhaustible.

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