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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:
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous adjective
- all-singing adjective
- amiss adjective
- enlightening adjective
- expedience noun
- expedient adjective
- favourable adjective
- fecund adjective
- fodder noun (USEFUL PEOPLE/THINGS)
- not to be sniffed at idiom
- pay dirt noun
- practicality noun (SUITABLE)
- preferential adjective
- productive adjective
- viability noun
- wholesome adjective
- win-win adjective
- worthwhile adjective
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