Curable

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being cured.
Adjective
  1. 1
    able to be cured or healed wordnet
  2. 2
    capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent wordnet

Synonyms

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ameliorableamendablebenigncorrectablecorrigibleemendable

Example

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"Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder."

Etymology

From Middle English curable, curabyll, from Old French curable. By surface analysis, cure + -able.

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