endurable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɪnˈdʊrəbəl/ UK /ɪnˈdjʊərəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj able to be borne or tolerated Good company made the long, tedious journey endurable. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to be borne or tolerated bearabletolerablesufferablesupportablesustainable ↔ Opposites unendurableunbearableintolerableinsufferable Word family Forms unendurable Derived forms endurablyendurability Related forms endureendurancedurableduration Etymology AI details From endure (from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare 'to harden', from in- + durus 'hard') + the suffix -able. indurare Latin durus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # endurable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈdʊrəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈdjʊərəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. able to be borne or tolerated ## Examples - Good company made the long, tedious journey endurable. ## Synonyms - bearable - tolerable - sufferable - supportable - sustainable ## Antonyms - unendurable - unbearable - intolerable - insufferable ## Derived Forms - endurably - endurability ## Related Forms - endure - endurance - durable - duration ## Roots and Affixes - Root: indurare - Root: durus ## Etymology From endure (from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare 'to harden', from in- + durus 'hard') + the suffix -able. ## AI Etymology Endurable is from endure (from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare 'to harden', from in- + durus 'hard') + the suffix -able. Important recorded forms include indurare (Latin) and durus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers able to be borne or tolerated. The wider family includes derived forms such as endurably and endurability and related words such as endure, endurance, durable, and duration. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown