GOVERNABLE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

governable

adjective

Definition of governable

as in manageable

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Recent Examples of governable The most valuable products will help customers change the economics of a workflow while making that change governable, measurable and repeatable. — Rahul Saluja, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The idea, as the filing shows, is that the new company can use Starlink’s revenue plus SpaceX’s launch business to subsidize the AI buildout, and use xAI’s technology to make Mars actually governable at scale. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 May 2026 The goal isn’t decentralization as an aesthetic, but decentralization that stays governable. — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 Another, governable president would be looking to move that range down for his party by either changing the circumstances or the perception of them to the electorate. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026

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Adjective

Something may have looked manageable until real life entered the picture.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Emily's Entourage For the vast majority of cystic fibrosis patients, new drugs have been life-changing, transforming a debilitating lung disease into a manageable condition.

— Gerry Smith, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of manageable

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

Definition of tractable

Adjective

The electrical rig generates intense, controllable thermal energy without needing radioactive fuel.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Blakespear said the law is focused on enhancing consumer protections, because many residents and parents looking to purchase e-bikes have ultimately been sold a very different and much less controllable product.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of controllable

Adjective

The original recipe was two parts apple brandy to one part each of the liqueurs, giving this cocktail a quotient of sweetness that even its formidable alcohol content can’t quite tame.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
Researchers have demonstrated how a quantum computer can repeatedly measure and reset its qubits while calculations continue, helping tame chaotic behavior inside the processor.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tame

Adjective

Then someone decides what the right answer is, usually pulling in product or legal, before it gets written, approved, built into something teachable and scheduled into a session competing with everything else on the calendar.

— Snehal Nimje, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
While this may seem incongruous with some of his emotional displays on the field, coaches with different backgrounds and specialties have consistently described Crow-Armstrong as approachable and teachable.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of teachable

Adjective

Amprius said the project will expand its ability to supply NDAA-compliant batteries to key customers.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
And if the local school board still isn’t compliant after the warning, the state board can take control of the local board’s finances and appoint an administrator, according to the statute.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of compliant

Adjective

The models in the film, meanwhile, run the spectrum from docile to diva — including Evangelista, who’s entreating the camera with an impish smile even while having a little fit backstage.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Was the prevailing idea that enslaved people were sweet and innocent and docile and as giving and forgiving as Uncle Tom?

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of docile

Adjective

Nervous system training has moved from clinical biofeedback labs to everyday wrist wearables, with brands like Oura, WHOOP and Apollo Neuro reframing stress as a trainable fitness metric.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
The infrastructure layer that makes those models trainable, specifically, the physical world data supply chain, remains underfunded relative to the problem size.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of trainable

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