Meanings
comparative more measurable · superlative most measurable
- Able to be measured.
"There are studies that illustrate how kindness spreads through social networks in measurable ways. When we are kind to someone, they don't just feel better — they become 25% more likely to help others."
2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof distinguished importance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchmesurable
- Englishmeasurable
From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure + -able. Doublet of mensurable.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian измерим
- измерим (izmerim)able to be measured
Chinese Mandarin 可測的 /可测的
- 可測的 /可测的 (kěcè de)able to be measured
Czech měřitelný
- měřitelnýable to be measured
Danish målbar
- målbarable to be measured
Dutch meetbaar
- meetbaarable to be measured
Esperanto mezurebla
- mezureblaable to be measured
Finnish mitattava
- mitattavaable to be measured
German messbar
- messbarable to be measured
Greek μετρήσιμος
- μετρήσιμος (metrísimos)able to be measured
Hungarian mérhető
- mérhetőable to be measured
Latin mēnsūrābilis
- mēnsūrābilisable to be measured
Norwegian Bokmål målbar
- målbarable to be measured
Polish mierzalny
- mierzalnyable to be measured
Portuguese medível, mensurável
- medívelable to be measured
- mensurávelable to be measured
Romanian măsurabil
- măsurabilable to be measured
Russian измеримый
- измеримый (izmerimyj)able to be measured
Spanish medible, mensurable
- medibleable to be measured
- mensurableable to be measured
Cite this entry
measurable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measurable
“measurable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/measurable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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