Synonyms for portable
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Transportable — able to be carried or easily moved
transportable, movable, relocatable, carriable, shiftable, portative dated rare
2. Endurable — bearable, endurable
endurable, survivable, livable US, liveable UK, bearable, abideable
3. Convenient
Definitions
- adj. 1
Able to be carried or easily moved.
- adj. 2
Bearable, endurable.
- adj. 3
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
Related words
- Word family
- portability porta-potty
- Phrases
- portable toilet portable telephone portable art portable phone portable stove portable computer
- Is a kind of
- movable
Example sentences
- transportable Tom was a non-transportable patient.
- convenient Come and see me whenever it is convenient for you.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| portable | falling | |
| transportable | falling | |
| relocatable | falling | |
| shiftable | falling | |
| convenient | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- handy2
- 7 letters
- movable3, livable3
- 8 letters
- bearable3, liveable
- 9 letters
- endurable, shiftable, carriable, portative, abideable
- 10 letters
- convenient3, manageable4, survivable4
- 11 letters
- relocatable
- 13 letters
- transportable4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (handy2 = 2 syllables).