numerable

[ noo-mer-uh-buhl, nyoo- ]

adjective

1. capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.

numerable

/ ˈnjuːmərəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be numbered or counted

Derived Forms

• ˈnumerably, adverb

Other Words From

• numer·a·ble·ness noun
• numer·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of numerable¹

1560–70; < Latin numerābilis that can be counted, equivalent to numer ( āre ) to number + -ābilis -able

Example Sentences

A staple of Riley’s rushing attack at Oklahoma, the counter trey can be run out of numerable formations and personnel groupings.

From Los Angeles Times

Biden was in the Senate during decades of genuine bipartisanship, which means he's racked up numerable examples of working across the aisle with Republicans who weren't overt racists.

From Salon

In “A Treatise on Relics,” John Calvin, decrying the proliferation of fake Christian relics throughout the world, singles out the splinters of the True Cross, which, he claims, are so numerable throughout Europe that, “if we were to collect all these pieces of the True Cross exhibited in various parts, they would form a whole ship’s cargo.”

From Los Angeles Times

His Twitter assault on the former Miss Universe was followed by his confession and boasts of being a sexual predator, which were followed by the confirmation of numerable women that, yes, indeed, he is a sexual predator—met only by his snarling denials, none of them the least bit convincing, and the familiar big-lie technique of insisting that their stories have been “debunked” when they have not even been effectively denied.

From The New Yorker

“We really turned every stone and we have looked at numerable possibilities and combinations,” he said. 

From Washington Post