Meaning

4 senses
  1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).

    lebensfähig

    жизнеспосо́бныйžiznesposóbnyj

    життєзда́тнийžyttjezdátnyj

  2. Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.

    a viable option

    machbar

    возмо́жныйvozmóžnyj, осуществи́мыйosuščestvímyj

  3. Capable of working successfully

  4. Able to live and develop.

    überlebensfähig, lebensfähig, entwicklungsfähig

More definitions
  • capable of life or normal growth and development
  • capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tom didn't think his boss's plan was a viable one.

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  2. Tom didn't think that his boss's plan was a viable one.

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  3. Despite not thinking the project was viable, they decided to go ahead with it.

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  4. Tom is a viable candidate.

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  5. We need a more viable solution.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
able to live on its own:
Русский
By meaning 2
able to live on its own:
possible:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
able to live on its own:
possible:
(biology) able to live and develop:

Origin

Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin vi

Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).

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Forms

more viable, most viable
Comparativemore viable Lesson
Superlativemost viable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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