manageable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmænɪdʒəbəl/ UK /ˈmænɪdʒəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be handled, controlled, or accomplished without difficulty

Breaking the task into steps made it far more manageable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be handled,... controllablehandleabletractable feasible governable doablewieldy

Opposites

unmanageable unwieldy intractable impossible

Word family

Derived forms manageablymanageabilitymanageableness

Related forms manage management manager

Etymology

From manage + -able. Manage is from Italian maneggiare ('to handle, train horses'), from mano ('hand'), from Latin manus ('hand').

maneggiare roa-oit manus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# manageable

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

## Meanings
1. able to be handled, controlled, or accomplished without difficulty

## Examples
- Breaking the task into steps made it far more manageable.

## Synonyms
- controllable
- handleable
- tractable
- feasible
- governable
- doable
- wieldy

## Antonyms
- unmanageable
- unwieldy
- intractable
- impossible

## Derived Forms
- manageably
- manageability
- manageableness

## Related Forms
- manage
- management
- manager

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: maneggiare
- Root: manus

## Etymology
From manage + -able. Manage is from Italian maneggiare ('to handle, train horses'), from mano ('hand'), from Latin manus ('hand').

## AI Etymology
Manageable comes from manage + -able. Manage is from Italian maneggiare ('to handle, train horses'), from mano ('hand'), from Latin manus ('hand'). The historical trail runs through Italian maneggiare and Latin manus. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means able to be handled, controlled, or accomplished without difficulty. Derived formations include manageably, manageability, manageableness; related forms include manage, management, manager.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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