Habitable

//ˈhæbɪtəbəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

    "After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable."

  2. 2
    Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.
Adjective
  1. 1
    fit for habitation wordnet

Synonyms

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homelikehospitableinhabitableinhabitableinhabitable

Example

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"For centuries, it was thought that Venus could not be habitable without terraforming."

Etymology

From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.

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habitable epochhabitable zone

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