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Thinkable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Possible to consider or be considered; conceivable: plans that were not even thinkable.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable; feasible or possible.

adj. Morally acceptable or legal (rare).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Capable of being thought; cogitable; conceivable.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. capable of being conceived or imagined or considered

Word Usage

"That the current system is dysfunctional enough that such a thing might soon become thinkable - and for the same reason illegal abortion was once thinkable, that is, because at least some patients were sufficiently desperate to demand the service - is my point."

Equivalent

presumable cogitable conceivable surmisable imaginable

Antonym

unthinkable

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cogitable conceivable possible imaginable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

pronounceable supportable cross-check reconcilable tenable