swimmable

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adjective

Able to be swum in or across

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Meanings

adjectiveswimmable (comparative more swimmable, superlative most swimmable)

comparative more swimmable · superlative most swimmable

  1. Able to be swum in or across

    Those efforts have helped the Hudson inch closer to the healthy, swimmable river that it was before industry sprouted along its banks.

    2007 January 30, Anahad O’Connor, “Looking to the Hudson for Rockland’s Water Needs”, in New York Times

Origin

From swim + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

swimmable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimmable

MLA

“swimmable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimmable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swimmable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swimmable.

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