Antonyms for passable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pas-uh-buhl, pah-suh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ə bəl, ˈpɑ sə-

Definition of passable

Origin : early 15c., "that may be crossed," from pass (v.) + -able, or from Old French passable "fordable, affording passage" (14c.). Sense of "tolerable" is first attested late 15c. Related: Passably.

adj acceptable, admissible
adj clear and able to be traveled

Example sentences :

The 3rd Brigade with camels would follow if the road was passable.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

The gulf, he felt, was not passable with security nor credit.
Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall

It seemed to her that most women would find him more than passable.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

There could never be any choice, of course—the mountains were passable only when the weather was hot.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

Even in the rainy season, the Argentine plains had always been passable.
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

She is just out of a convent, and has no manners, really, but is passable as to looks.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Does the Sermon on the Mount seem to you a passable code of morals?
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) » by John Morley

Save in very wet weather this road was passable for most vehicles.
Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr

The Rhombus cardina, a passable fish of the pleuronect genus.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

He was a passable man, with a gentlemanly mustache and good pumps.
Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis

Synonyms for passable

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