Meanings
comparative more manageable · superlative most manageable
- Capable of being managed or controlled.
Like any outdoor activity, geocaching involves some inherent risk, and many geocachers enjoy manageable risks.
2011, Terry Marsh, Geocaching in the UK, page 113Synonyms: controllable, governable, maniable, tractable, subservient, amenable, biddable, complaisant
- Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.
But these words didn't follow the precepts of the metric system, the official standard for demarcating the universe into manageable, studyable chunks.
2023 January 10, Adam Rogers, “Move over, megatons”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 19 Apr 20231 more example
While some of these moves will be prompted by, for instance, releasing equity to help children get on the property ladder, David Fell, Hamptons' senior analyst, says many will probably be downsizing to reduce mortgage payments to a more manageable level.
2023 November 25, Alexandra Goss, “Downsizers’ dilemma”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable · Antonyms: unaccomplishable, unachievable, undoable, unfeasible, unfulfillable, unmanageable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being managed or controlled.
adjectiveCapable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being managed or controlled
adjectivecapable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian управляем, изпълним
- управляем (upravljaem)capable of being managed
- изпълним (izpălnim)capable of being done or fulfilled
Catalan manejable
- manejablecapable of being managed
Czech dosažitelný, řiditelný
- dosažitelnýcapable of being managed
- řiditelnýcapable of being managed
- zvládnutelnýcapable of being managed
Dutch beheerbaar, beheersbaar
- beheerbaarcapable of being managed
- beheersbaarcapable of being managed
- behapbaarcapable of being managed
Esperanto regebla
- regeblacapable of being managed
French maniable, gérable
- maniablecapable of being managed
- gérablecapable of being managed
German handhabbar
- handhabbarcapable of being managed
Hungarian kezelhető
- kezelhetőcapable of being managed
Italian maneggevole, maneggiabile
- maneggevolecapable of being managed
- maneggiabilecapable of being managed
- forgiabilecapable of being managed
- gestibilecapable of being managed
- malleabilecapable of being managed
- manovrabilecapable of being managed
Latin tractābilis
- tractābiliscapable of being managed
Norwegian Bokmål håndterlig, overkommelig
- håndterligcapable of being managed
- overkommeligcapable of being managed
Polish do opanowania, wykonalny
- do opanowaniacapable of being managed
- wykonalnycapable of being done or fulfilled
Portuguese gerível
- gerívelcapable of being managed
Romanian maniabil, mânuibil
- maniabilcapable of being managed
- mânuibilcapable of being managed
Spanish manejable, gestionable
- manejablecapable of being managed
- gestionablecapable of being managed
- llevaderocapable of being managed
- mañerocapable of being managed
Swedish hanterlig
- hanterligcapable of being managed
Cite this entry
manageable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manageable
“manageable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manageable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manageable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manageable.
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