Meanings
comparative more surmountable · superlative most surmountable
- Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.
1 more example
A spokesman for South Western Railway told RAIL that all the issues were surmountable, and that it was continuing to work with both the train supplier and the union to bring the trains into service.
2021 November 3, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rolling stock concerns as '701s' "not fit for purpose"”, in RAIL, number 943, page 21Synonyms: superable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAble to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being ascended
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Old Frenchsur-
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*móntis
- Proto-Italic*monts
- Latinmōns
- Vulgar Latin*montāre
- Old Frenchmonter
- Old Frenchsormonter
- Middle Englishsurmounten
- Englishsurmount
- Englishsurmountable
Translations
Bulgarian преодолим
- преодолим (preodolim)able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
German überwindbar, überspringbar
- überwindbarable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
- überspringbarable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
- passierbarable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
Hungarian leküzdhető, legyőzhető
- leküzdhetőable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
- legyőzhetőable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
- áthidalhatóable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
Latin superābilis
- superābilisable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
Turkish aşılabilir
- aşılabilirable to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable
Cite this entry
surmountable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surmountable
“surmountable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surmountable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surmountable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surmountable.
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