How do you pronounce viable?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvaɪəbəl/.

viable

/ˈvaɪəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: vi-a-ble
IPA: /ˈvaɪəbəl/

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Meaning

adj

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

adj

Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.

adj

Capable of working successfully

adj

Able to live and develop.

noun

An organism that is able to live and develop.

Example Sentences

"a viable option"
"Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination"."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *gʷeyh₃-, viable

Inflected Forms

more viable (comparative) most viable (superlative) viables (plural)

Derived Forms

nonviable postviable previable semiviable subviable unviable viability viably

Phrases

minimal viable product minimum viable product

Synonyms

feasible executable practicable workable

Antonyms

inviable

Rhymes With

reliable liable unreliable undeniable pliable unjustifiable unverifiable friable deniable flyable nonviable buyable