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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | possible, doable |
| Synonyms: | achievable, advantageous, appropriate, attainable, beneficial, breeze, cinch, duck soup, easy as pie, expedient, fit, fitting, likely, no sweat, performable, pie, piece of cake, practicable, practical, probable, profitable, pushover, realizable, reasonable, simple as ABC, snap, suitable, viable, workable, worthwhile |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real |
| Antonyms: | impossible, inconceivable, unfeasible, unlikely, unpractical, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | arguable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tenable |
| Synonyms: | able to hold water, assertable, believable, conceivable, credible, defendable, defensible, feasible, imaginable, maintainable, rational, reasonable, supportable, sustainable, viable, workable |
| Antonyms: | untenable |
| Main Entry: | attainable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within reach; achievable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, accomplishable, at hand, available, cherry pie, duck soup, easy, feasible, gettable, likely, no problem, no sweat, obtainable, piece of cake, possible, potential, practicable, probable, procurable, reachable, realizable, securable |
| Antonyms: | unachieveable, unattainable, unreachable |
| Main Entry: | available |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready for use |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, applicable, at hand, at one's disposal, attainable, come-at-able, convenient, derivable from, feasible, free, getatable, handy, obtainable, on deck, on hand, on tap, open to, possible, prepared, procurable, purchasable, reachable, ready willing and able, realizable, securable, serviceable, up for grabs, usable, vacant |
| Antonyms: | unavailable, unhandy, unobtainable |
| Main Entry: | earthly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conceivable |
| Synonyms: | feasible, imaginable, likely, mortal, possible, potential, practical, probable |
| Notes: | earthy is 'similar to earth; hearty' or 'coarse, vulgar' while earthly is 'pertaining to human existence on earth'; earthen means 'made of earth or clay' |
| Antonyms: | inconceivable |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthwhile, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, inexpedient, unbeneficial, unprofitable, unworthwhile |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | able, adapted, adequate, advantageous, apposite, apt, becoming, befitting, beneficial, capable, comely, comme il faut, competent, conformable, convenient, correct, correspondent, deserving, desirable, due, equipped, equitable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fitted, fitting, good enough, happy, just, likely, meet, opportune, practicable, preferable, prepared, proper, qualified, ready, right, rightful, seasonable, seemly, tasteful, timely, trained, well-suited, wise, worthy |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, inappropriate, incorrect, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | likely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probable, apt, hopeful |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, achievable, anticipated, assuring, attainable, believeable, conceivable, conjecturable, credible, destined, disposed, expected, fair, favorite, feasible, given to, imaginable, in favor of, in the cards, in the habit of, inclined, inferable, liable, odds-on, on the verge of, ostensible, plausible, possible, practicable, predisposed, presumable, promising, prone, rational, reasonable, seeming, subject to, supposable, tending, thinkable, true, up-and-coming, verisimilar, workable |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | implausible, inapt, unforeseeable, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | manageable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | controllable |
| Synonyms: | amendable, convenient, docile, easy, feasible, governable, obedient, submissive, tamable, tractable, trained, workable |
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