flyable

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/ˈflaɪəbəl/

adjective

Able to be flown; airworthy.

Similar
airworthyskyworthy
Opposite
unflyable
OriginEnglish fly ← Middle English flien ← Old English flēogan →
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Meanings

adjectiveflyable (comparative more flyable, superlative most flyable)

comparative more flyable · superlative most flyable

  1. Able to be flown; airworthy.
  2. Passable by flight.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
airworthyskyworthy
Opposite
unflyable
Also see
airworthyflyworthy

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plewk-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pléwketi
  4. Proto-Germanic*fleuganą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*fleugan
  6. Old Englishflēogan
  7. Middle Englishflien
  8. Englishfly
  9. Englishflyable

From fly + -able.

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Translations

Finnish lentokelpoinen, lentokuntoinen
  • lentokelpoinenable to be flown
  • lentokuntoinenable to be flown
  • lennettäväpassable by flight
German flugtüchtig, fliegbar
  • flugtüchtigable to be flown
  • fliegbarable to be flown
  • fliegbarpassable by flight

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flyable

reliableliableviableunreliableundeniablepliablefriablebuyablenonviabledeniablepanifiableunflyable
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Cite this entry
APA

flyable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyable

MLA

“flyable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flyable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flyable.

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