Meanings
comparative more livable · superlative most livable · alternative liveable
- Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable.
Some also attach a m'zuzah to the right doorpost leading into every livable room, excluding bathrooms and closets.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1026Synonyms: bearable, sufferable, withstandable, abideable, bearable, endurable, portable, sufferable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveEndurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Bulgarian обитаем
- обитаем (obitaem)suitable for living in
Chinese Mandarin 宜居
- 宜居 (yíjū)suitable for living in
Danish til at leve med, (inhabitable) beboelig
- til at leve medsuitable for living in
- (inhabitable) beboeligsuitable for living in
Dutch leefbaar
- leefbaarsuitable for living in
Finnish asuttava, asumiskelpoinen
- asuttavasuitable for living in
- asumiskelpoinensuitable for living in
German bewohnbar, lebenswert
- bewohnbarsuitable for living in
- lebenswertsuitable for living in
- erträglichsuitable for living in
Swedish beboelig, trevlig
- beboeligsuitable for living in
- trevligsuitable for living in
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livable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livable
“livable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/livable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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