governable

English

Etymology

From govern +‎ -able.

Adjective

governable (comparative more governable, superlative most governable)

1. Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule.

   Synonyms: controllable, manageable, ruleable, obedient

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 397:

     Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape.

Synonyms

• tractable

Antonyms

• ungovernable

Related terms

• governability
• governableness

Translations

capable of being governed

• Bulgarian: покорен (bg) (pokoren), послушен (bg) (poslušen)
• Dutch: regeerbaar (nl)
• French: gouvernable (fr)
• Galician: gobernable (gl), gobernábel (gl)
• German: regierbar (de)
• Greek: κυβερνήσιμος (el) (kyvernísimos)
• Italian: governabile (it)
• Manx: so-ghurneil, so-smaghtaghey
• Portuguese: governável (pt)
• Romanian: guvernabil
• Spanish: gobernable (es)

References

• “governable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “governable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.