feasible

adjective fea·si·ble \ˈfē-zə-bəl\

: possible to do

Full Definition of FEASIBLE

: capable of being done or carried out <a feasible plan>

: capable of being used or dealt with successfully : suitable

: reasonable, likely

— fea·si·bil·i·ty \ˌfē-zə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— fea·si·bly \ˈfē-zə-blē\ adverb

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Examples of FEASIBLE

Egyptian hieroglyphics … are also usually assumed to be the product of independent invention, but the alternative interpretation of idea diffusion is more feasible than in the case of Chinese writing. —Jared M. Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel, 1997
… there do not appear to be any remedies for this situation that are at once politically feasible and likely to work. —Richard A. Posner, Times Literary Supplement, 1 Sept. 1995
The '70s was the era in which it seemed more important, or more feasible, to reform our bodies than to change the world. —Barbara Ehrenreich, Utne Reader, May/June 1992
The government has now made it feasible for tourists to spend as long as a month in the country … —Fred C. Shapiro, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 1990
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Origin of FEASIBLE

Middle English faisible, from Anglo-French faisable, from fais-, stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere — more at do

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to FEASIBLE

Synonyms: achievable, attainable, doable, possible, practicable, realizable, viable, workable

Antonyms: hopeless, impossible, impracticable, infeasible, nonviable, unattainable, undoable, unfeasible, unrealizable, unviable, unworkable

Synonym Discussion of FEASIBLE

possible, practicable, feasible mean capable of being realized. possible implies that a thing may certainly exist or occur given the proper conditions <a possible route up the west face of the mountain>. practicable implies that something may be effected by available means or under current conditions <a solution that is not practicable in the time available>. feasible applies to what is likely to work or be useful in attaining the end desired <commercially feasible for mass production>.