cognisable

1. 1.

   capable of being known

   Synonymsknowablecognizablecognoscible

Questions about cognisable

What does cognisable mean?

cognisable means "capable of being known".

How many syllables are in cognisable?

cognisable has 4 syllables: cog-ni-sa-ble. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for cognisable?

Close synonyms include knowable, cognizable, cognoscible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cognisable a common word?

cognisable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.