surmountable

[ ser-moun-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. (of a difficulty or challenge) able to be overcome; manageable:

   The task of reducing corruption is daunting, to say the least, but the challenges are surmountable.

2. (of a physical barrier or high place) able to be climbed or to be gotten past or over:

   The low mountain range acts as a surmountable geographical barrier between the two regions, allowing access but still creating regional identities.

Other Words From

• sur·mount·a·ble·ness noun
• un·sur·mount·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of surmountable¹

surmount ( def ) + -able ( def )

Example Sentences

Katie believed she could surmount any challenge she faced even as she remained highly dependent on her family — “Team Katie Stevo,” they call themselves — to advance.

From Washington Post

Either one of these alone is surmountable for a skilled and ambitious politician.

From The Daily Beast

Her successes come easy enough to her that any obstacles seem surmountable.

From The Daily Beast

Sometimes, it bothers me when the problems that come between people are easily surmountable.

From The Daily Beast

To be sure, the rent conrol issues are daunting, but they're at least theoretically surmountable.

From The Daily Beast

We also seem to be on the edge of a new continent, separated not by oceans but by subtle and surmountable psychic conditions.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, she guessed Berthas present difficulty; and it seemed easily surmountable.

From Project Gutenberg

When a foreign language ceases to offer such surmountable difficulties, we leave it for something else that does offer them.

From Project Gutenberg

He had counted upon all obstacles but this; and all other obstacles were surmountable, but this was insurmountable.

From Project Gutenberg

Once at least within historic memory the barrier of the Caucasus had proved to be surmountable.

From Project Gutenberg