wearable

[ wair-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being worn; appropriate, suitable, or ready for wearing:

   old shoes that are still wearable.

2. Digital Technology. relating to or noting a computer or advanced electronic device that is incorporated into an accessory worn on the body or an item of clothing: wearable computer, wearable technology.

   wearable gadgets embedded in fabric;

   a wearable heart-rate sensor.

noun

1. Usually wearables. something that may be worn or carried on the body, as an item of clothing:

   high-fashion wearables.

wearable

/ ˈwɛərəbəl /

adjective

1. suitable for wear or able to be worn

noun

1. often plural any garment that can be worn

Derived Forms

• ˌwearaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• un·weara·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wearable¹

First recorded in 1580–90; wear + -able

Example Sentences

The smart ring is one of dozens of wearable devices being used across professional and amateur sports to measure increasingly specific biometric data, from the proteins in athletes’ sweat to the strength of their grips.

From Washington Post

Some monitors that provide sleep analysis do this through audio only, some through audio and video, and others include a wearable component to monitor the baby’s oxygen and breathing.

From Popular-Science

Now, whether you want to hit that 10,000 daily step goal, monitor your sleep, or train in a specific heart rate zone, there’s a wrist-mounted wearable for you.

From Popular-Science

It is also creating opportunities for decentralized clinical trials, unleashing future innovations in digi-ceuticals and healthcare wearables.

From MIT Technology Review

We are confident this deal will increase competition in the highly crowded wearables market, and we've made commitments that we plan to implement globally.

From Ars Technica

Available at Amazon Lumo Lift, $100 In the race to make the perfect wearable, the Lumo Lift stands out.

From The Daily Beast

Available at Neiman Marcus Rialto Jeans, $245  These jeans are truly wearable art.

From The Daily Beast

The Oculus Rift is a wearable headset that goes over the eyes like a clunky pair of scuba goggles.

From The Daily Beast

“When we started 10 years ago, no one had heard of wearable tech,” says Genz.

From The Daily Beast

That seems to be the secret to creating a successful, desirable, and wearable device.

From The Daily Beast

Her cunning fingers had mended the rents in his uniform, which had been dried and put into a passably wearable condition.

From Project Gutenberg

But beyond a casual wonder if the garment would eventually be wearable, cut from so mangled a pattern, she had no real care.

From Project Gutenberg

Before we had washed them, they had been very, very dirty, it is true; but they were just wearable.

From Project Gutenberg

In Tipperary they call the old-fashioned wig 'Dwyer's wearable.'

From Project Gutenberg

These consisted of thin cotton things for the summer, and, when wearable, were of considerable use.

From Project Gutenberg