feasible

[ fee-zuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.

  2. probable; likely: a feasible theory.

  1. suitable: a road feasible for travel.

Origin of feasible

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English feseable, faisible, from Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to fes-, fais- (variant stem of faire, from Latin facere “to do”) + -ible adjective suffix; see -ible

synonym study For feasible

1. See possible.

Other words from feasible

  • fea·si·bil·i·ty [fee-zuh-bil-i-tee], /ˌfi zəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, fea·si·ble·ness, noun
  • fea·si·bly, adverb
  • non·fea·si·ble, adjective
  • non·fea·si·bly, adverb
  • un·fea·si·ble, adjective
  • un·fea·si·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for feasible

feasible

/ (ˈfiːzəbəl) /


adjective
  1. able to be done or put into effect; possible

  2. likely; probable: a feasible excuse

Origin of feasible

1
C15: from Anglo-French faisable, from faire to do, from Latin facere

Derived forms of feasible

  • feasibility or feasibleness, noun
  • feasibly, adverb

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