manageable

English

WOTD – 23 October 2019

Etymology

From manage +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General American):

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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, (obsolete) maniable, tractable, subservient; see also Thesaurus:docile

   Synonyms: intractable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable

   • 2011, Terry Marsh, Geocaching in the UK, page 113:

     Like any outdoor activity, geocaching involves some inherent risk, and many geocachers enjoy manageable risks.

2. Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.

   Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, feasible, fulfillable

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

   • 2023 January 10, Adam Rogers, “Move over, megatons”, in Business Insider‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 April 2023:

     But these words didn't follow the precepts of the metric system, the official standard for demarcating the universe into manageable, studyable chunks.

   • 2023 November 25, Alexandra Goss, “Downsizers’ dilemma”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

     While some of these moves will be prompted by, for instance, releasing equity to help children get on the property ladder, David Fell, Hamptons' senior analyst, says many will probably be downsizing to reduce mortgage payments to a more manageable level.

Derived terms

• manageableness
• unmanageable

Related terms

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

Translations

capable of being managed

• Bulgarian: управляем (upravljaem)
• Catalan: manejable
• Czech: dosažitelný (cs), řiditelný, zvládnutelný
• Dutch: beheerbaar (nl), beheersbaar (nl), behapbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: regebla
• French: maniable (fr), gérable (fr)
• German: handhabbar (de)
• Hungarian: kezelhető (hu)
• Italian: maneggevole (it), maneggiabile, forgiabile (it), gestibile (it), malleabile (it), manovrabile (it)
• Latin: tractābilis
• Manx: so-stiurey
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håndterlig, overkommelig

• Plautdietsch: bandich
• Polish: do opanowania
• Portuguese: gerível
• Romanian: maniabil (ro), mânuibil
• Spanish: manejable (es), gestionable, llevadero (es)
• Swedish: hanterlig (sv)

capable of being done or fulfilled

• Bulgarian: изпълним (bg) (izpǎlnim)
• Polish: wykonalny (pl)

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “manageable”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “manageable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.