superable

English

Etymology

From Latin superabilis (“that may be surmounted”), from superare (“to go over, rise above, surmount”), from super (“over”).

Adjective

superable (comparative more superable, superlative most superable)

1. Capable of being overcome or surmounted; surmountable or conquerable.

Antonyms

• insuperable, unsuperable

Related terms

• superability

Translations

Capable of being overcome or surmounted

Bulgarian: преодолим (bg) (preodolim)

Further reading

• “superable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “superable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “superable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• perusable

Spanish

Adjective

superable m or f (masculine and feminine plural superables)

1. superable

Related terms

• insuperable

Further reading

• “superable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025