keepable

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adjective

That can be kept or is worth keeping.

Opposite
unkeepable
OriginMiddle English kepeable →
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Meanings

adjectivekeepable (comparative more keepable, superlative most keepable)

comparative more keepable · superlative most keepable

  1. That can be kept or is worth keeping.
nounkeepable (plural keepables)

plural keepables

  1. Something that can or should be kept.

    We get so caught up in the mechanics of staying the execution of all our expensive and exciting keepables that we miss the whole reason to master this, to get clutter under control.

    1995, don Aslett, Don Aslett's Clutter Free!: Finally & Forever, page 83

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unkeepable

Origin

  1. Middle Englishkepeable
  2. Englishkeepable

From Middle English kepeable, equivalent to keep + -able.

More words from Middle English

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

peekable
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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