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Synonyms for bearable

  • adjective

Most common

tolerable endurable supportable survivable transportable shiftable

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Tolerable — able to be borne; tolerable; endurable

tolerable, endurable, supportable, survivable, livable US, liveable UK, withstandable, abideable, sufferable dated

2. Portable — able to be borne or carried; portable

transportable, shiftable, fieldable, carriable, portable dated, portative rare, portatile dated

Antonyms

unbearable, intolerable, hard

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

  2. adj. 2

    Able to be borne or carried; portable.

Example sentences

  • tolerable All sorrows should be tolerable, even if they are great.
  • livable Istanbul has ceased to be a livable city.
  • transportable Tom was a non-transportable patient.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bearablerising
tolerablefalling
livablerising
survivablefalling
endurablesteady
transportablefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
livable3
8 letters
portable3, liveable
9 letters
tolerable4, endurable, shiftable, abideable, fieldable, carriable, portative, portatile
10 letters
survivable4, sufferable
11 letters
supportable4
13 letters
transportable4, withstandable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (livable3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
supportable
Italiano
sopportabile
Español
soportable
Català
suportable