adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.

   "The car wasn't salvageable after the engine fire. The insurance company totalled it and I bought a new one."

Adjective

1. 1
   capable of being saved from ruin wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

savablesaved

Antonyms

All antonyms

unrescuableunsalvageableunsavable

Example

More examples

"The car wasn't salvageable after the engine fire. The insurance company totalled it and I bought a new one."

Etymology

From salvage + -able.

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