viable
adjective /ˈvaɪ.ə.bl̩/Definition
C2 able to work as intended or able to succeed: In order to make the company viable, it will unfortunately be necessary to reduce staffing levels. I am afraid your plan is not commercially/economically/financially/politically viable.Useful or advantageousSuccessful (things or people) › specialized able to continue to exist as or develop into a living being: There is a continuing debate about the age at which a human foetus can be considered viable.Life and livingPotentialHoping and hopefulness viably /-bli/ adverb Achievable
(Definition of viable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alive adjective
- animate adjective
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist verb
- come through (sth) phrasal verb
- immortal adjective
- last out phrasal verb
- lead verb (LIVE)
- life cycle noun
- life expectancy noun
- life form noun
- life history noun
- life-support system noun
- living adjective (HAVING LIFE)
- living noun (PEOPLE)
- outlive verb
- subsist verb
- subsistence noun
- survivable adjective
- survival noun
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