Passable

Definitions: Passable

Passable

Adjective

1. Able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable".

2. About average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary".

3. Neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French".

Date "passable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Etymology: Passable \Pass"a*ble\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression passable.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Passable

Synonyms: adequate (adj), fair to middling (adj), indifferent (adj), so-so(p) (adj), tolerable (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: impassable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Beauty	Fit to be seen, passable, not amiss.
Imperfection	Indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing.
Unimportance	Subordinate; (inferior); mediocre; (average); passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace; uneventful, mere, common; ordinary; (habitual); inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Passable

English words defined with "passable": Carriageable ♦ From fair to middling ♦ Passableness ♦ Transmeatable. (references)

Etymologies containing "passable": Adiabatic ♦ Carriageable ♦ Immeability. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Passable" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (adequate, enough, fair, middling, negotiable, passable, sufficient, tolerable).

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Llano Quemado (vicinity), New Mexico. Marjorie Muller, nurse from the clinic operated by the Taos County cooperative health association, and an interpreter leaving the ambulance to reach a patient's house, beyond passable roads.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	What is passable in youth is detestable in later age.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	In one of his preceding strolls, he had noticed an old garden there haunted by an old man and an old woman, and in this garden a passable apple tree.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Nicaragua	The unpaved road that winds from Managua to the northern Atlantic Coast town of Puerto Cabezas is passable only during the dry season (December-April). (references)
	Kenya	During the rainy season, many roads are passable only with four-wheel drive vehicles. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Passable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Passable" is used about 98 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	98	33,072

Expression using "passable": passable ground. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "passable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		berybaar (practicable), begaanbaar (practicable). (various references)

Albanian		njëfarësoj (fairly, middling, passably, so so, tolerably), i qarkullueshëm, i miratueshëm, i kalueshëm (negotiable, open), i kënaqshëm (delectable, pleasing, satisfactory). (various references)

Arabic		‏يمكن عبوره (fordable), ‏يمكن السير عليه, ‏مقبول (acceptable, accepted, adequate, agreeable, approved of, fair, fairly, fairly good, reasonable, sanctioned, subscribed to, taken, tolerable), ‏سالك (free, off hand, practicable). (various references)

Bulgarian		удовлетворителен, сносен (fair, livable, liveable, reasonable, respectable, satisfactory, sufferable, tolerable), валиден (available, good, valid), задоволителен (adequate, possible, satisfactory, sufficient, well), проходим (negotiable, pervious, practicable). (various references)

Chinese		可通过. (various references)

Czech		prostřední (medial, mid, middle, middling), prùmìrný (average, common, mean, moderate, ordinary, standard), platný (useful, valid), sjízdný (carriageable, negotiable, practicable), schùdný (feasible, negotiable), bìžný (common, common or garden, current, customary, going, habitual, ordinary, routine, standing, unexceptional, usual). (various references)

Dutch		berĳdbaar (practicable), berýdbaar (practicable), begaanbaar (accessible, practicable). (various references)

Esperanto		priveturebla (practicable), surirebla (practicable), irebla (practicable). (various references)

Farsi		قابل قبول (Acceptable, Admissible, Receivable, Tolerable), قابل عبور, گذرپذیر. (various references)

Finnish		välttävä (fair, fairly good, tolerable), mukiinmenevä (fairly good, not bad, tolerable), mukiin (fairly good, not bad, tolerable), laatuunkäypä, kohtalainen (fair, medium, moderate), joltinenkin (a certain, fair, tolerable), joltinen (a certain, fair, tolerable), auttava (fair, helper). (various references)

French		praticable (pallet for special shapes), passable, franchissable, carrossable, assez bon, acceptable (palatable). (various references)

German		passierbar (negotiable, passably), gangbar (for sale, practicable). (various references)

Greek		μέτριοσ (mediocre, medium, mezzo, middling, moderate, temperate, unremarkable), υποφερτόσ (bearable, livable, liveable, sufferable, tolerable), διαβατόσ (fordable, practicable). (various references)

Hebrew		מ� יח את �"�"עת (satisfactory), עביר (crossable, fordable, navigable, negotiable, transferable). (various references)

Hungarian		járható (amenable, negotiable, viable), tűrhető (bearable, decent, fair to middling, it's not bad, it's not so bad, respectable, tidy), keresztezhető, gázolható, forgalomban levő (current), elég jó (fair, fair enough, fair to middling, respectable, tidy, to be passably good), áthatolható (penetrable, permeable, pervious). (various references)

Indonesian		dapat diseberangi. (various references)

Italian		praticabile (practicable, viable). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		可の評点 (grade C), 可 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かのひょうて�" (grade C), か (addition, ancient Chinese weapon, article counter, beautiful, counter for chapters, department, excellent, good, increase, mosquito, provisional, question mark, rack, section, tentative, unit of equipment). (various references)

Korean		상당한 (Considerable). (various references)

Manx		tessenagh (crosswise, diagonally, transversal, transversely), cossyllagh (fair, presentable, pretty well, so-so), castreycair (middling, tolerably well), cassanagh (pathed). (various references)

Pig Latin		assablepay

Portuguese		passável (tolerable, tol-lol), transitável (negotiable, practical), tolerável (bearable, endurance, livable, liveable, permission, possible, tolerable), situação lamentável, aceitável (acceptable, admissible, decent, eliminate, plausible, possible). (various references)

Romanian		practicabil (feasible, practicable), peste care se poate trece, pe care se poate merge, pasabil (palatable, passably), acceptabil (acceptable, acceptably, admissible, agreeable, allowable, eligible, fair, fairly, livable, palatable, passably, plausible, possible, reasonable, satisfactory), în circulaţie (abroach, afloat). (various references)

Russian		проходимый (negotiable, permeable, pervious). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prolazan (brief, caducous, evanescent, fleeting, fly-by-night, fugacious, momentary, negotiable, passing, perishable, pervious, temporary, transient, transitory), prohodan (pervious), podnošljiv (bearable, endurable, enduring, livable, liveable, tolerable), važeći (current, effect: in effect, lawfully, valid), u opticaju, osrednji (indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling). (various references)

Spanish		transitable (negotiable, practicable), practicable (achievable, designable, practicable), pasable (fair, tolerable). (various references)

Swedish		gångbar (accustomed, current, customary, negotiable, practicable, used to, usual, wonted), acceptabel (acceptable, deliverable). (various references)

Turkish		orta (bosom, c, center, central, centre, fair, in between, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediate, mediocre, medium, mesial, mesne, meso-, mezzo-, mid, mid-, middle, middling, midst, moderate, secondary), geçilebilir (negotiable, practicable), geçerli (acceptable, admissible, available, current, effective, effectual, eligible, far out, in force, in use, operative, prevailing, received, regnant, ruling, sound, valid, viable), geçer (acceptable, current, passing, received, valid), fena değil (all right, good deal, not bad, so so). (various references)

Ukranian		судноплавний (navigable), прохідний (negotiable, pervious, practicable, walkable), достатній (adequate, affluent, bounteous, enough, snug, sufficient), досить (amply, belay, deep, drop it, enough, fairly, nothing else, nuff, once, plenty, pretty, relatively, say no more, something, sufficiently). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	perviae, tolerabile, tolerabilius. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	permeabilis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "passable": compassable, impassable, surpassable, unpassable, unsurpassable. (additional references)
	Words containing "passable": impassableness, impassablenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Passable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assable, Bassaleg, parsable, passal, passibe, pasteable, pissible, posable, possable, Prassaler. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "passable" (pronounced pa"subul)
7	p a" s u b u l	impassable.
6	-a" s u b u l	irascible.
5	-s u b u l	accessible, addressable, admissible, collapsible, compensable, comprehensible, crucible, defensible, dispensable, Embraceable, enforceable, erasable, fixable, flexible, forcible, immiscible, impermissible, impossible, inaccessible, inadmissible, incomprehensible, incompressible, indefensible, indispensable, inexplicable, inflexible, invincible, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, leasable, miscible, nontaxable, noticeable, ostensible, peaceable, permissible, possible, reducible, replaceable, reprehensible, responsible, reversible, sensible, serviceable, submersible, taxable, traceable, unenforceable, untraceable.
4	-u b u l	abominable, acceptable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, adjustable, admirable, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, employable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, flammable, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immovable, immutable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irresistible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontransferable, notable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, palatable, palpable, parable, patentable, payable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, retractable, returnable, reusable, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable.
3	-b u l	able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-l-p-s-s"
	-1 letter: balases.
	-2 letters: abases, baases, balsas, lapses, passel, sables, saleps, salpae, salpas, sepals, spales.
	-3 letters: abase, ables, albas, apses, baals, balas, bales, balsa, basal, bases, blase, bless, lapse, lases, leaps, palea, pales, pases, passe, peals, pleas, plebs, sabes, sable, salep, sales, salpa, salps, salsa, seals, sepal, slabs, slaps, spaes, spale.
	-4 letters: aals, abas, able, alae, alas, alba, albs, ales, alps, apes, apse, asea, asps, baal, baas, bale, bals, baps, base, bass, bels, blae, labs, laps, lase, lass, leap, leas, less, pale, pals, pase, pass, peal, peas, plea, pleb, sabe, sabs, sale, salp, sals, saps, seal, seas, sels, slab, slap, spae, spas.
	-5 letters: aal, aas, aba, abs, ala, alb, ale, alp, als, ape, asp, ass, baa, bal, bap, bas, bel, els, ess, lab, lap, las, lea, pal, pas, pea, pes, sab, sae, sal, sap, sea, sel, spa.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-l-p-s-s"
	+1 letter: sparables.
	+2 letters: anablepses, impassable, unpassable.
	+3 letters: capableness, compassable, surpassable.
	+4 letters: backslappers, backsplashes, breastplates, inseparables, transposable.
	+5 letters: blepharospasm, capablenesses, incapableness, palatableness, peaceableness, plasterboards, separableness, unsurpassable.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 73 73 61 62 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#115 &#115 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0073 0073 0061 0062 006C 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
passable	16
passable transvestite	5
cross dresser passable	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Passable

Definitions: Passable

Passable

Adjective

Synonyms: Passable

Synonyms within Context: Passable

Beauty

Imperfection

Unimportance

Crosswords: Passable

Photo Album: Passable

Use in Literature: Passable

Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Passable

Travel

Nicaragua

Kenya

Usage Frequency: Passable

Expression: Passable

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Passable

passable

passable transvestite

cross dresser passable

Modern Translations: Passable

Afrikaan

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Dutch

Esperanto

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Ukranian

Ancestral Language Translations: Passable

Derivations & Misspellings: Passable

Derivations

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Passable"

Anagrams: Passable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Passable

50 61 73 73 61 62 6C 65

.--. .- ... ... .- -... .-.. .

01010000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101

&#80 &#97 &#115 &#115 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#101

0050 0061 0073 0073 0061 0062 006C 0065

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