ponderable

American  

[pon-der-uh-buhl] / ˈpɒn dər ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being considered carefully or deeply.

2. capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.

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ponderable British  

/ ˈpɒndərəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be evaluated or estimated; appreciable

2. capable of being weighed or measured

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noun

1. (often plural) something that can be evaluated or appreciated; a substantial thing

Other Word Forms

• nonponderability noun
• nonponderable adjective
• ponderability noun
• ponderableness noun
• ponderably adverb
• unponderable adjective

Etymology

Origin of ponderable

From the Late Latin word ponderābilis, dating back to 1640–50. See ponder, -able

Example Sentences

Ethereal title cards present large, infinitely ponderable questions such as “Do You Believe In Heaven?” and “Is There Love In Heaven?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

More readily ponderable is a lovely shot, made in Israel, of Bedouin olive pickers asleep under blankets on rugged ground at dawn, with the long, low expanse of a prison in the background.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

The closest to a ponderable theme in Pigeons and People is the old one used by Playwright Cohan of yore, that the sane are insane and the insane sane.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among his culminating conceptions: "Force constitutes matter."�"A lump of ponderable matter imposes a strain upon the place in which it exists, and this strain extends throughout space to infinity."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Imponderables are ponderable, but answerable, no. Ask a philosopher, but be cautious. If you hear, ‘Eureka!,’ if you think, ‘His answer has captured my question!,’ then here is proof he is a counterfeit.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell