cognizable

1. 1.

   capable of being known

   Synonymsknowablecognisablecognoscible

Questions about cognizable

What does cognizable mean?

cognizable means "capable of being known".

How many syllables are in cognizable?

cognizable has 4 syllables: cog-ni-za-ble. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for cognizable?

Close synonyms include knowable, cognisable, 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 cognizable a common word?

cognizable 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.