Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

improvable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: im-prov-able
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being improved.

adj

Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.

adj

Impossible to prove.

Example Sentences

"Therefore, Humanitarians alone devote their present lives to create heavens within themselves and others, and a real paradise upon earth, because they do not waste their time with Pagan delusions, Sceptical doubts, and Atheistical selfishness, but live happily in the present by preparing for themselves and others happier future human lives upon our improveable globe."

Etymology

Etymology tree English improve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English improvable From improve + -able.

Inflected Forms

more improvable (comparative) most improvable (superlative) improveable (alternative)

Derived Forms

improvableness improvably unimprovable

Frequently Paired Words

improbable

Synonyms

serviceable advantageous

Questions

What does improvable mean?: Capable of being improved.
Where does improvable come from?: Etymology tree English improve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English improvable From improve + -able.

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