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.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be borne or tolerated bearable tolerable sufferable supportable sustainable

Opposites

unendurableunbearable intolerable insufferable

Word family

Forms unendurable

Derived forms endurablyendurability

Related forms endure endurance durable duration

Etymology

From endure (from Old French endurer, from Latin indurare 'to harden', from in- + durus 'hard') + the suffix -able.

indurare Latin durus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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