treatable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈtriːtəbəl/ UK /ˈtriːtəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj able to be cured or managed by medical or other treatment Caught early, the condition is entirely treatable with medication. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to be cured or managed... curablemanageableremediablehealable ↔ Opposites untreatableincurableterminal Word family Derived forms treatability Related forms treattreatmenttreaty Etymology AI details From treat (from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare 'to handle, manage', frequentative of trahere 'to draw, pull') + the suffix -able. tractare Latin trahere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # treatable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtriːtəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtriːtəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. able to be cured or managed by medical or other treatment ## Examples - Caught early, the condition is entirely treatable with medication. ## Synonyms - curable - manageable - remediable - healable ## Antonyms - untreatable - incurable - terminal ## Derived Forms - treatability ## Related Forms - treat - treatment - treaty ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tractare - Root: trahere - to pull ## Etymology From treat (from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare 'to handle, manage', frequentative of trahere 'to draw, pull') + the suffix -able. ## AI Etymology Treatable is from treat (from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare 'to handle, manage', frequentative of trahere 'to draw, pull') + the suffix -able. Important recorded forms include tractare (Latin) and trahere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers able to be cured or managed by medical or other treatment. The wider family includes derived forms such as treatability and related words such as treat, treatment, and treaty. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown