realizable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled realisable

US /ˈriəˌlaɪzəbəl/ UK /ˈrɪəlaɪzəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being achieved, made real, or converted into cash

Set goals that are ambitious yet realizable within the year.

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Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being achieved,... achievable attainable feasible practicable workable viable

Opposites

unrealizableunattainable impossible

Word family

Derived forms realizability

Related forms realize real realization

Etymology

From realize + -able; realize from French realiser, from real, from Latin realis ('actual'), from res ('thing, matter').

realis Late Latin res Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# realizable

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

## Meanings
1. capable of being achieved, made real, or converted into cash

## Examples
- Set goals that are ambitious yet realizable within the year.

## Synonyms
- achievable
- attainable
- feasible
- practicable
- workable
- viable

## Antonyms
- unrealizable
- unattainable
- impossible

## Derived Forms
- realizability

## Related Forms
- realize
- real
- realization

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: realis
- Root: res

## Etymology
From realize + -able; realize from French realiser, from real, from Latin realis ('actual'), from res ('thing, matter').

## AI Etymology
Realizable comes from realize + -able; realize from French realiser, from real, from Latin realis ('actual'), from res ('thing, matter'). The historical chain includes Late Latin realis and Latin res. Older glosses in the chain include "actual" and "thing, matter", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, realizable is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "capable of being achieved, made real, or converted into cash". English derivatives include realizability; related forms include realize, real, and realization. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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