expandable

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adjective

Having the capacity to be expanded.

“an expandable baton”

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expandibleexpansibleexpansiveexpansileelastic
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Meanings

adjectiveexpandable (comparative more expandable, superlative most expandable)

comparative more expandable · superlative most expandable

  1. Having the capacity to be expanded.

    an expandable baton

    1 more example

    an expandable tree of data on a computer display

nounexpandable (plural expandables)

plural expandables

  1. Anything that can be expanded.

    Mobile homes include doublewides, expandables, and single units.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveable to expand or be expanded

Similar
expandibleexpansibleexpansive

adjective(of gases) capable of expansion

Similar
expandibleexpansibleexpansileelastic
Also see
elasticexpansibleexpansileexpansive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From expand + -able.

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Translations

Bulgarian разширяем
  • разширяем (razširjaem)having the capacity to be expanded
Catalan expansible
  • expansiblehaving the capacity to be expanded
Chinese Mandarin 可扩展的
  • 可扩展的having the capacity to be expanded
Finnish laajennettava
  • laajennettavahaving the capacity to be expanded
French extensible
  • extensiblehaving the capacity to be expanded
German expandierbar, erweiterbar
  • expandierbarhaving the capacity to be expanded
  • erweiterbarhaving the capacity to be expanded
  • ausbaufähighaving the capacity to be expanded
  • ausdehnbarhaving the capacity to be expanded
  • ausdehnungsfähighaving the capacity to be expanded
  • erweiterungsfähighaving the capacity to be expanded
  • expansionsfähighaving the capacity to be expanded
  • expansionsbereithaving the capacity to be expanded
Italian dilatabile, espandibile
  • dilatabilehaving the capacity to be expanded
  • espandibilehaving the capacity to be expanded
Portuguese expansível
  • expansívelhaving the capacity to be expanded
Spanish ampliable, expandible
  • ampliablehaving the capacity to be expanded
  • expandiblehaving the capacity to be expanded
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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