manageable

adjective

Definition of manageablenext
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 Armando Jimenez from Sacramento said the heat was noticeable but manageable, particularly when spending time in the shade. — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Transfer to a bowl and let cool for 10–15 minutes, until warm but manageable to touch. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Below, members of Forbes Technology Council share strategies for classifying large volumes of unstructured data while keeping the manual workload manageable. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 All of that would lift economic growth, which would make the debt load more manageable. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for manageable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manageable
  1. controllable
  2. 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
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  • 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

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“Manageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manageable. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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