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Definition: Tolerable |
TolerableAdjective1. Capable of being borne; "tolerable noise levels". 2. Able to be tolerated or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable". 3. Capable of being tolerated; "sufferable difficulties". 4. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tolerable" was first used: sometime around 1425. (references) |
Synonyms: TolerableSynonyms: indifferent (adj), passable (adj), so-so(p) (adj), sufferable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: intolerable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Content | Satisfactory, tolerable, good enough, OK, all right, acceptable. |
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. |
Inexpedience | Tolerable; (not very good); up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy. |
Smallness | Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle. |
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: Tolerable |
| English words defined with "tolerable": Artificial lines ♦ From fair to middling ♦ indifferent ♦ passable, Patible ♦ so-so ♦ to a tolerable degree, to an adequate degree, tolerably, Tolerabolity ♦ well enough. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tolerable": Citalopram, closing error ♦ Hercules' Labour ♦ L'Etat c'est Moi ♦ moderate nuclear risk ♦ tolerable gap between vehicles. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tolerable": Tolerabolity. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tolerable" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (bearable, endurable, respectable, tolerable). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Don't you see that's the whole excuse for our existence? It's what makes the whole thing possible and tolerable. (The Petrified Forest; writing credit: Robert E. Sherwood; Charles Kenyon) | |
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Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Doris Lessing | The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable. |
Henry Ward Beecher | Good-humor makes all things tolerable. |
Walter Lippmann | The central drama of our age is how the Western nations and the Asian peoples are to find a tolerable basis of co-existence. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This power, whilst employed for the benefit of the community, and suitably to the trust and ends of the government, is undoubted prerogative, and never is questioned: for the people are very seldom or never scrupulous or nice in the point; they are far from examining prerogative, whilst it is in any tolerable degree employed for the use it was meant, that is, for the good of the people, and not manifestly against it: but if there comes to be a question between the executive power and the people, about a thing claimed as a prerogative; the tendency of the exercise of such prerogative to the good or hurt of the people, will easily decide that question. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Often as she had wished for and ordered it, she had never been able to get any thing tolerable. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | By the same computation they provided me with sheets, blankets, and coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long inured to hardships as I. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Doctors and patients must work together closely to find a tolerable balance between the drug's benefits and side effects. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Morocco | Authorities may use the licensing process to prevent the publication of materials that they believe crosses the threshold of tolerable dissent. (references) |
Human Rights | Dominican Republic | Individual inmates only can secure a tolerable level of existence by paying for it. Only those with considerable personal or family resources can do so. Newspapers and human rights groups reported that the overcrowding and deteriorating conditions at the Najayo prison, administered by the police, pose a serious threat to the health and safety of the inmates. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tolerable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.50% of the time. "Tolerable" is used about 200 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) | 99.5% | 199 | 21,651 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 200 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tolerable": maximum tolerable input jitter ♦ to a tolerable degree ♦ tolerable gap between vehicles. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tolerable": tolerable-instead. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tolerable | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tolerable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pranueshëm (acceptable, admissible, eligible, endurable, legitimate, permissible, reasonable, satisfactory, so so), i lejueshëm (admissible, allowable, permissible), i durueshëm (bearable, easy, endurable, patient, tol-lol), çka (nil, so so, that, tolerably, what). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ممكن إحتماله (bearable), مقبول (acceptable, accepted, adequate, agreeable, approved of, fair, fairly, fairly good, passable, reasonable, sanctioned, subscribed to, taken), محتمل (bearable, endurable, likely, perchance, perhaps, possible, potential, presumably, probable, prospective, sufferable, supportable, sustainable), جيد نوعا ما. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сносен (fair, livable, liveable, passable, reasonable, respectable, satisfactory, sufferable), търпим (bearable, endurable, sufferable), поносим (bearable, endurable, livable, liveable, possible, sufferable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 能忍受, 可容忍 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | snesitelný (bearable, endurable, enduring, reasonable), přijatelný (acceptable, palatable, pervious, plausible, satisfactory, within reason), obstojný (reasonable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | taaleligt signalstoejforhold (tolerable signal-to-noise ratio), taalelig interferens i hovedstraalen (tolerable in-beam interference), taalelig interferens (tolerable interference), taalelig forringelse (tolerable impairment), udvikling af en metode som fastlaegger taerskelvaerdien for stoevindholdet, d.v.s. den maengde stoev, som kan taales uden men, eller m.a.o. det maximalt tilladelige stoevindhold (or in other words the maximum admissible concentration, that is the tolerable amount of dust concentration), maksimalt tilladt indgangs-jitter (maximum tolerable input jitter), maksimalt acceptable indgangsjitter (maximum tolerable input jitter), ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake, Admissible Daily Intake, Tolerable Daily Intake), Acceptabel Daglig Indtagelse (Acceptable Daily Intake, Admissible Daily Intake, Tolerable Daily Intake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | toelaatbare signaal/ruisverhouding (tolerable signal-to-noise ratio), toelaatbare interferentie in de hoofdbundel (tolerable in-beam interference), toelaatbare interferentie (tolerable interference), toelaatbare degradatie (tolerable impairment), maximaal toelaatbare geluidbelasting (maximum permitted noise level, upper limit of tolerable noise), maximaal toegestane jitter van het ingangssignaal (maximum tolerable input jitter), maximaal toegestane jitter (maximum tolerable input jitter), het uitwerken van een methode tot bepaling van een drempelwaarde voor het stofgehalte,d.w.z.het toelaatbare stofgehalte,of anders gezegd de toelaatbare stofconcentratie (or in other words the maximum admissible concentration, that is the tolerable amount of dust concentration), ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake, Admissible Daily Intake, Tolerable Daily Intake), ADD (Acceptable Daily Intake, Admissible Daily Intake, Tolerable Daily Intake), aanvaardbare dagelijkse inname (Acceptable Daily Intake, Admissible Daily Intake, Tolerable Daily Intake), aanvaardbare dagelijkse dosis (Acceptable Daily Intake, Admissible Daily Intake, Tolerable Daily Intake), aanneembare tussenruimte tussen twee voertuigen (tolerable gap between vehicles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | میانه (Average, Intermediate, Medial, Median, Normal), متوسط (Average, Intermediate, Mean, Medial, Mediocre, Medium, Midway, Normal), مداراپذیر, نسبتاخوب , قابل قبول (Acceptable, Admissible, Passable, Receivable), قابل تحمل . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | välttävä (fair, fairly good, passable), siedettävä (bearable), mukiinmenevä (fairly good, not bad, passable), mukiin (fairly good, not bad, passable), joltinenkin (a certain, fair, passable), joltinen (a certain, fair, passable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tolérable, supportable, passable, assez bon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tolerierbar, passabel (passable, presentable, reasonable), leidlich (fair, fairish, fairly, goodish, passable, passably, reasonable, reasonably), haltbar (defensible, durable, firm, hard-wearing, lasting, long lasting, maintainable, robust, savable, saveable, stable, stoppable, sturdy, supportable, tenable, tenably, vindicable), erträglich (bearable, endurable, livable, liveable, sufferable, supportable, tolerably), annehmbar (acceptable, adoptable, assumable, decent, decently, passable, possible, presentable, presentably, reasonable, reasonably well, receivable, receivably, satisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποφερτόσ (bearable, livable, liveable, passable, sufferable), ανεκτόσ (bearable, permissible, supportable, sustainable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סביל (endurable, passive), סבל (bearable, tolerated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tûrhetõ (bearable, passable, tol-lol), elviselhetõ (bearable, endurable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | lumayan (appreciable, goodly, moderate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tollerabile, sopportabile (bearable, endurable), passabile (passable), discreto (decent, discreet, discrete, fair, fairly good, moderate, unobtrusive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 相" (fair, proper, suitable), 先ず先ず . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そうとう (cleaning up, complete annihilation, double-headed, fair, generalissimo, hitting upon, mopping up, president, proper, strife, struggle, suitable, sweeping or mopping up, sweeping up, thinking of), まずまず. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 웬만한. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | surransagh (forbearing, in-patient, passive, patient, sufferable, sufferer, supportable, tolerant), fuilleeagh (consanguine, pedigree), fuillaghtagh (blood shedder, endurable; bloodthirsty, homicide, passive, patient, shedding blood, suffering; sufferable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olerabletay tolerável (bearable, endurable, livable, liveable, passable, permissible, possible), suportável (accommodating, bearable, endurable, livable, liveable, portable, possible), sofrível, satisfatório (good, satisfactory), regular (canonic, canonical, clean-cut, condition, correct, even, formal, methodical, normal, order, post, regular, regulate, sequential, smooth, steady, systematic, systematical, unexceptional, uniform), razoável (acceptable, fair, livable, liveable, middle-of-the-road, middling, modest, plausible, possible, reasonable, right-minded, sane, sensible, tol-lol, within reason), passável (passable, tol-lol). (various references) tolerabil (possible, tolerably), suportabil (bearable, endurable, possible, supportable, tolerably), admisibil (acceptable, admissible, allowable, bearable, conceivable, justifiable, possible). (various references) сносный (bearable, middling, possible, tol-lol). (various references) cuibheasach. (various references) snošljiv, podnošljiv (bearable, endurable, enduring, livable, liveable, passable). (various references) tolerable (bearable, endurable, respectable). (various references) uthärdlig (bearable, livable, liveable), dräglig (bearable, livable, liveable). (various references) orta halli (everyday, middle class, middling, undistinguished), katlanılır (bearable, endurable, sufferable), kısmen (in part, not least, part, part-, partially, partly), iyice (clean, complete, completely, fair, fully, goodish, jolly well, over, proper, properly, quite, rather good, thoroughly, tolerably, well, wide, widely), hoşgörülebilir (allowable, excusable, permissible), dayanılır (bearable), biraz (a bit, a little, any, awhile, modicum, not least, some, something of, somewhat), çekilir (bearable, declinable, endurable, livable, sufferable, supportable). (various references) терпимий (bearable, large minded, lenient, tolerant), задовільний (satisfactory). (various references) t m tạm (dusty, passably), vừa vừa, có thể tha thứ được có thể chịu được kha khá. (various references) goddefol (passive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mediocris, tolerabile, tolerabilis, tolerabilius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 10, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Plhn turw kai sidwni anektoteron estai en th krisei h umin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Verumtamen Tyro et Sidoni remissius erit in iudicio quam vobis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þeah hwæþere tiro and sydone on þam dæge byð forgyfenlicre þonne eow; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Netheles to Tire and Sidon it schal be esiere in the doom than to you. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Neverthelesse it shalbe easier for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgement then for you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 10, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Apan sa adlaw sa hukom, maarang-arang pa unya alang sa Tiro ug sa Sidon kay kaninyo. |
| Croatian | Ali Tiru i Sidonu bit æe na Sudu lakše negoli vama. |
| Danish | Men det skal gå Tyrus og Sidon tåleligere ved Dommen end eder. |
| Dutch | Doch het zal Tyrus en Sidon verdragelijker zijn in het oordeel, dan ulieden. |
| Finnish | Mutta Tyyron ja Siidonin on oleva tuomiolla helpompi kuin teidän. |
| French | C`est pourquoi, au jour du jugement, Tyr et Sidon seront traitées moins rigoureusement que vous. |
| German | Doch es wird Tyrus und Sidon erträglicher gehen im Gericht als euch. |
| Haitian Creole | Se poutèt sa, jou jijman an, y'a peni nou pi rèd pase moun lavil Tir ak moun lavil Sidon. |
| Hungarian | Hanem Tírusnak és Sídonnak tûrhetõbb lesz állapota az ítéletkor, hogynem néktek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada Hari Kiamat, orang-orang Tirus dan Sidon akan lebih mudah diampuni Allah daripada kamu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi siksa Tsur dan Sidon pada hari kiamat terlebih ringan daripada siksa kamu. |
| Latvian | Tieðâm Tirai un Sidonai tiesas dienâ bûs vieglâk nekâ jums. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh bee kerraghey s'eddrym er ny choyrt er Tyre as Sidon ec y vriwnys, na vees er ny choyrt erriuish. |
| Maori | Otira erangi to Taira, to Hairona i te whakawa e mama i to korua. |
| Norwegian | Dog, det skal gå Tyrus og Sidon tåleligere i dommen enn eder. |
| Rumanian | De aceea, kn ziua judecqyii, va fi mai uwor pentru Tir wi Sidon deckt pentru voi. |
| Russian | ОП Й фЙТХ Й уЙ"ПОХ ПФТБ"ОЕЕ 'Х"ЕФ ОБ УХ"Е, ОЕЦЕМЙ ЧБН. |
| Shuar | Tura atumsha aents tujintiamu Túramu Wáiniatrum yapajiachu asakrumin Tirunmaya tura Setunnumia aentsjai nankaamas Asutniáttarme. |
| Swahili | Hata hivyo, Siku ya Hukumu ninyi mtapata adhabu kubwa zaidi kuliko ile ya watu wa Tiro na Sidoni. |
| Swedish | Men också skall det vid domen bliva drägligare för Tyrus och Sidon än för eder. |
| Uma | Jadi', hi Eo Kiama mpai', meliu-pi pehuku' -na Alata'ala hi koi' ngkai pehuku' -na hi to Tirus pai' to Sidon. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "tolerable": intolerable. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tolerable": intolerableness, intolerablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Tolerable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: toilerable, tolarabel, tolerablr, tollerable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tolerable" (pronounced tÄ"lerubul) |
| 8 | t Ä" l er u b u l | intolerable. |
| 5 | -er u b u l | admirable, answerable, comparable, considerable, deliverable, discoverable, dishonorable, favorable, hon, honorable, imponderable, incomparable, inexorable, innumerable, inoperable, inseparable, insufferable, invulnerable, irreparable, maneuverable, measurable, memorable, miserable, operable, pleasurable, preferable, recoverable, unalterable, unanswerable, unfavorable, venerable, vulnerable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, 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, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, insatiable, inscrutable, insoluble, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, marketable, microwavable, miscible, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, 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, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, 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-b-e-e-l-l-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: balloter. | |
-2 letters: bleater, bloater, earlobe, labeler, reallot, relabel, retable, tollbar. | |
-3 letters: aerobe, areole, baller, ballet, ballot, beater, belter, berate, boatel, boater, bolete, bolter, borate, boreal, elater, labret, lobate, loreal, oblate, oleate, rebate, rebato, relate, retell, taller, teller, toller, treble. | |
-4 letters: abele, abler, abort, alert, allee, allot, alter, arete, artel, atoll, baler, belle, beret, betel. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-l-l-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: brocatelle. | |
+2 letters: boilerplate, brocatelles, elaborately, intolerable, relocatable. | |
+3 letters: boilerplates, correlatable, thermolabile, throttleable. | |
+4 letters: bioelectrical, blanketflower, nonfilterable. | |
+5 letters: blanketflowers, tolerabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 6C 65 72 61 62 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .-.. . .-. .- -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01101100 01100101 01110010 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o l e r a b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006C 0065 0072 0061 0062 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548178718467687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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