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watchable

[ woch-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. detectable; apparent.
  2. interesting or enjoyable to watch:

    a watchable TV talk show.



watchable

/ ˈwɒtʃəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being watched
  2. interesting, enjoyable, or entertaining

    a watchable television documentary

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • watcha·bili·ty noun
  • un·watcha·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of watchable1

First recorded in 1605–15; watch + -able
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Example Sentences

As its title suggests, this lavishly made, eminently watchable but mostly uninspired period drama takes on Manhattan high society in the late 19th century.

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The latest production expensive enough to bankrupt Scrooge McDuck and wildly miscalculate what made its predecessor so watchable is Amazon Prime’s “The Wheel of Time,” an adaptation of Robert Jordan’s 14-book series.

Happily, the cast picks up much of the slack, making Strangers quite watchable despite its aimlessness.

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It’s still as relevant, and funny, and lively, and stupid, and watchable as it ever was.

Blomdahl believes her videos are popular because they’re presented in watchable packages.

He was endlessly watchable, as awful as he was, because we could always see right through him.

Perfectly likable and watchable—it is a House copycat starring Greg Kinnear, after all—but not exactly the most inventive TV.

And Russell Tovey as George, the werewolf, is insanely watchable.

A watchable moment that inevitably morphed into an unwatchable eternity.

These films were made specifically to be watchable on a mobile device.

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