controllable

C2+ Topic:Describing People

US /kənˈtroʊləbəl/ UK /kənˈtrəʊləbəl/ See IPA manual

adj

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adj
capable of being managed or directed

With medication the symptoms became quite controllable.

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Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being managed or... manageable governable tractablecontainableregulablerestrainable

Opposites

uncontrollable unmanageable ungovernable intractable

Word family

Derived forms controllablycontrollabilitycontrollableness

Related forms control controller comptroller

Etymology

From the verb control (from Anglo-French contreroller 'to keep a counter-roll, check accounts', from Medieval Latin contrarotulus 'a counter-register', from contra 'against' + rotulus 'roll') plus -able.

contrarotulus Latin rotulus la-med

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# controllable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** kənˈtroʊləbəl
**IPA (UK):** kənˈtrəʊləbəl

## Meanings
1. capable of being managed or directed

## Examples
- With medication the symptoms became quite controllable.

## Synonyms
- manageable
- governable
- tractable
- containable
- regulable
- restrainable

## Antonyms
- uncontrollable
- unmanageable
- ungovernable
- intractable

## Derived Forms
- controllably
- controllability
- controllableness

## Related Forms
- control
- controller
- comptroller

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: contrarotulus
- Root: rotulus

## Etymology
From the verb control (from Anglo-French contreroller 'to keep a counter-roll, check accounts', from Medieval Latin contrarotulus 'a counter-register', from contra 'against' + rotulus 'roll') plus -able.

## AI Etymology
Controllable is an adjective meaning "capable of being managed or directed". Historically, it is from the verb control (from Anglo-French contreroller 'to keep a counter-roll, check accounts', from Medieval Latin contrarotulus 'a counter-register', from contra 'against' + rotulus 'roll') plus -able. The visible construction is part of the etymology: controllable is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The historical chain links Latin contrarotulus with Latin rotulus. Close English family members include controllably, controllability, controllableness, control, and controller.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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