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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A word that can be inflected to specify the degree or grade of something.

Adjective

1. 1
   Able to form degrees or grades not-comparable
2. 2
   Able to occur in varying degrees; able to be inflected or modified to express degrees of meaning. not-comparable

   "Hot and cold are gradable antonyms."

3. 3
   steep, but still able to be climbed by a motor vehicle not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

comparablecomparablehierarchical

Antonyms

All antonyms

non gradablenon-gradableuncomparableungradable

Example

More examples

"Hot and cold are gradable antonyms."

Etymology

From grade + -able.

Related phrases

gradable antonymnon-gradable

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