Announceable

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite. informal

    "I was in Don's office to talk about the day's “announceables,” as we called them — on that day, the things Ontario Liberal Party Leader Dalton McGuinty was saying about health care."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be announced.

    "The pilot with all the self-assurance in the world walks down the aisle enters the cockpit and announces their destination, altitude, and whatever else is announceable."

Example

More examples

"The pilot with all the self-assurance in the world walks down the aisle enters the cockpit and announces their destination, altitude, and whatever else is announceable."

Etymology

From announce + -able.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.