viable
adjectiveBand 8formal
UKˈvaɪəbl
USˈvaɪəbəl
Capable of working successfully; feasible.
The business is no longer commercially viable.
Solar power is a viable alternative to coal.
Remember it
From Latin vita, “life,” viable describes something capable of surviving or working successfully.
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financial viablefinancially viable
Use the adverb to modify viable.
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Similar and opposite
- Similar
- feasibleworkablepracticable
- Opposite
- unviableimpractical
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