bearable

  • 1Bearable — Bear a*ble, a. Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. {Bear a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2bearable — index fair (satisfactory), passable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3bearable — endurable, mid 15c., from BEAR (Cf. bear) (v.) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Bearably …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4bearable — [adj] endurable acceptable, admissible, allowable, livable, manageable, passable, satisfactory, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable; concept 529 Ant. intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, unmanageable …

    New thesaurus

  • 5bearable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ able to be endured. DERIVATIVES bearably adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6bearable — [ber′ə bəl] adj. that can be borne or endured; tolerable bearably adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 7bearable — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable. ▪ find sth …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 8bearable — bear|a|ble [ˈbeərəbəl US ˈber ] adj something that is bearable is difficult or unpleasant, but you can deal with it ≠ ↑unbearable ▪ His friendship was the one thing that made life bearable. >bearably adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9bearable — bear|a|ble [ berəbl ] adjective something that is bearable is difficult or unpleasant, but you are able to accept or deal with it: Only love could have made such poverty bearable. ─ opposite UNBEARABLE …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 10bearable — [[t]be͟ərəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If something is bearable, you feel that you can accept it or deal with it. A cool breeze made the heat pleasantly bearable. Syn: tolerable …

    English dictionary