Meanings
- not comparableCapable of being saved.
Near-synonyms: recoverable, reparable, rescuable, retrievable
Synonyms: salvable, salvageable, recoverable, reparable, rescuable, retrievable · Antonyms: unsavable, unsalvable, unsalvageable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being saved.
Origin
- Medieval Latinsalvābilis
- Old Frenchsalvable
- Middle Frenchsauvable
- Middle Englishsavable
- Englishsavable
From Middle English savable, from Middle French sauvable, from Old French salvable, sauvable, from Medieval Latin salvābilis; equivalent to save + -able.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French sauvable
- sauvableCapable of being saved
Spanish guardable, salvable
- guardableCapable of being saved
- salvableCapable of being saved
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savable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savable
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