MANAGEABLE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

manageable

adjective

Definition of manageable

as in controllable

easy to control or deal with We bought smaller, more manageable suitcases. They divided the students into three manageable groups.

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Recent Examples of manageable While the cost of a routine visit may be manageable, an unexpected diagnosis can require multiple tests, specialist appointments and procedures, pushing the total cost of care upward rapidly. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 To be clear, the problem isn’t that Chicago wants to pay its teachers well or ensure their working conditions are manageable. — David Griffith, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 The study attributes this to affordable home prices, manageable inflation, strong income growth and a higher quality of life in these areas. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Since then, the actress has traded running herself ragged on four hours of sleep and relying on quadshots of espressos to get through the day for better sleep, a manageable schedule, and more fun. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for manageable

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Adjective

The Seoul design treats the bright and dark modes as part of a unified controllable system, and introduces two tunable loop couplers into the resonator architecture.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Customer service commitments for controllable delays and cancellations vary by airline and can be found on their websites and the DOT’s consumer dashboard.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of controllable

Adjective

External control arms, comparative effectiveness studies against real-world standard of care, post-market expansions of indication and broader safety analyses all become more tractable.

— David Talby, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026

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