solvable

[ sol-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being solved, as a problem.
2. Mathematics. (of a group) having a normal series of subgroups in which successive quotient groups are Abelian.
3. Archaic. soluble ( def 1 ).

ˈsolvable

/ ˈsɒlvəbəl /

adjective

1. another word for soluble

Derived Forms

• ˌsolvaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• solva·bili·ty solva·ble·ness noun
• nonsolv·a·bili·ty noun
• non·solva·ble adjective
• non·solva·ble·ness noun
• un·solva·ble adjective
• un·solva·ble·ness noun
• un·solva·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of solvable¹

First recorded in 1640–50; solve + -able

Example Sentences

Rather, the term refers to solvable, long-running problems that have festered here as a result of a lack of leadership and vision.

From Voice of San Diego

Rather, the term refers to solvable, long-running issues that have festered here as a result of a lack of leadership and vision.

From Voice of San Diego

A cylinder with food inside — solvable only by going around to an open end, but tempting to gnaw on the middle —challenged puppies’ self-control.

From Science News

One, I think that this is actually a solvable problem largely with a lot of technology that’s being developed.

From MIT Technology Review

“America is flying blind” quickly became a refrain, not only for scientists seeking support for their work, but for critics of the US response looking for a solvable problem.

From MIT Technology Review

But the first two things are totally solvable problems, people.

From The Daily Beast

That should be a solvable problem, former Yahoo employees told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

The good news is, this is an urgent but solvable problem, because almost all of these deaths are preventable.

From The Daily Beast

The good news is this problem is solvable and we know where to focus our efforts.

From The Daily Beast

The riddle was perhaps more easily solvable by an inveterate novelist than by the average member of the community.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of them are shown to be solvable by recently developed spiritual laws, while others are proven to be founded wholly in error.

From Project Gutenberg

Green means the problem is solvable within the conditions set down.

From Project Gutenberg

Facts in nature are connected by a thousand knots of which no one is solvable by human logic.

From Project Gutenberg

It is then an endless task, completed by constantly renewed attacks, and always only approximately solvable.

From Project Gutenberg