superable

English

Etymology

From Latin superabilis (“that may be surmounted”), from superare (“to go over, rise above, surmount”), from super (“over”).

Adjective

superable (comparative more superable, superlative most superable)

1. Capable of being overcome or surmounted; surmountable or conquerable.

Antonyms

• insuperable, unsuperable

Derived terms

• inexsuperable
• superableness

Related terms

• superability

Translations

Capable of being overcome or surmounted

• Bulgarian: преодолим (bg) (preodolim)

Further reading

• “superable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “superable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “superable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• perusable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish superar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish superable

From superar + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supeˈɾable/ [su.peˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: su‧pe‧ra‧ble

Adjective

superable m or f (masculine and feminine plural superables)

1. superable

Related terms

• insuperable

Further reading

• “superable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026