Passable
['pɑːsəb(ə)l] or ['pæsəbl]
Definition
(adj.) able to be passed or traversed or crossed; 'the road is passable' .
Inputed by Liza--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.
(a.) Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
(a.) Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
Typed by Edmund
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fit for travel (as a road).[2]. Tolerable, middling, moderate, ordinary, so so, mediocre, pretty good, not very bad.
Inputed by Hannibal
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Traversable, navigable, penetrable, admissible, tolerable, ordinary
ANT:Impassable, impervious, impenetrable, inadmissible, excellent
Editor: Natasha
Examples
- The path from the wood leads to a morass, and from thence to a ford, which, as the rains have abated, may now be passable. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In the midst of the jollity produced by good cigars, good wine, and passable anecdotes, the landlord presented his bill. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Why, I complain of this want of sunlight; it is not like yesterday, which was passable. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Anybody with a passable knowledge would pick you out at a look, and say,--“No go! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What is passable in youth is detestable in later age. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Gerald also was quite passable. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They say the Oracle complains, in this hot weather, lately, that the only beverage in the ship that is passable, is the butter. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Natasha