manageable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of manageable
Explanation
If you can handle something, it's manageable. An overworked college student might decide to drop a horrible chemistry class to make the semester more manageable. Anything that you can accomplish can be described with the adjective manageable. It's also used in a slightly different way, to talk about something that can be controlled, like a tamed lion or a smooth and tidy head of hair. The earliest use of the root word "manage" related specifically to controlling a horse, influenced by the French word for "horsemanship," manège.
Vocabulary lists containing manageable
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Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, during Norway's match against Iraq in Boston, the pause in play was greeted by boos from the crowd, with the temperature a more than manageable 23C at the time.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Trouble navigating credit — combined with rigorous mortgage-lending standards, high home prices and elevated interest rates — can make homeownership and loans at manageable rates feel especially out of reach for Gen Z, Wise said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
The deficit, he said, "is still quite manageable".
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
A strong, united front could have made this epidemic a manageable outbreak.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
By morning Penelope’s list of problems had in no way diminished, and yet they seemed more manageable, somehow, as if she might simply put them in a list and tick them off, one by one.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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