speakable

American  

[speek-uh-buhl] / ˈspik ə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be spoken out loud, uttered, or described.

2. able to be freely discussed or spoken of.

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Other Word Forms

• speakability noun
• speakableness noun
• unspeakable adjective
• unspeakableness noun

Example Sentences

“For me, it’s about opening new ways of thinking and acting, making the unthinkable thinkable and the unspeakable speakable.”

From Economist

The Republican nominee, who had just secured sufficient delegates to become the party’s candidate, still had “no speakable data infrastructure” and “no unifying data, digital and tech strategy”, the document states.

From The Guardian

Trying to sum it up and getting it wrong can be an insult to the grief, so we describe it by what it isn't: speakable, understandable, something that can be uttered.

From Time

In the process, as Michael Keith at Oxford University’s migration research centre, Compas, says, “The unspeakable became not only speakable, but commonplace.”

From The Guardian

As such, to the extent to which urban rebellions help expand the range of askable questions and speakable thoughts on race in America, these actions have value.

From Time