manageable

English

WOTD – 23 October 2019

Etymology

From manage +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmænɪd͡ʒəbl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/

• Audio (GA)

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• Hyphenation: man‧age‧a‧ble

Adjective

manageable (comparative more manageable, superlative most manageable)

1. Capable of being managed or controlled.

   Synonyms: controllable, governable, maniable (obsolete), tractable, subservient

   Antonyms: intractable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable

2. Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.

   Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable

   Antonyms: unaccomplishable, unachievable, undoable, unfeasible, unfulfillable, unmanageable

Derived terms

• manageableness
• unmanageable

Related terms

• manage
• manageably
• management
• manager
• manageress
• managerial
• managing (noun)
• managing director

 

Translations

capable of being managed

• Bulgarian: управляем m (upravljaem)
• Catalan: manejable
• Czech: dosažitelný m, řiditelný m, zvládnutelný
• Dutch: beheerbaar (nl), beheersbaar (nl), behapbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: regebla
• French: maniable (fr), gérable (fr)
• German: handhabbar
• Hungarian: kezelhető (hu)

• Italian: maneggevole (it), maneggiabile, forgiabile (it), gestibile (it), malleabile (it), manovrabile (it)
• Latin: tractābilis
• Manx: so-stiurey
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håndterlig, overkommelig

• Romanian: maniabil (ro), mânuibil
• Spanish: manejable (es), gestionable, llevadero (es)

capable of being done or fulfilled

Further reading

• manageable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• manageable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.