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

It’s no different a short walk away in Old Town Portland, where on a recent Saturday morning residents gathered over coffee and bagels to learn more about how to vote with the charter reforms and electoral changes that residents enacted in hopes of both expanding representation and making this city’s problems solvable again.

From Salon

This feels like a solvable problem.

From Los Angeles Times

In emergency medicine, as soon as we identify a solvable problem, we must initiate that solution.

From Slate

“They are solvable problems if we’re working together and if we’re communicating together.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Lead is the most easily solvable problem that we have. We know where it is, and we know how to avoid it. It's just a matter of taking action."

From Science Daily