come-at-able

1. 1.

   capable of being attained or accomplished

   “choose an attainable goal”

   “art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study”

   Synonymsattainable

   Similarpossible
2. 2.

   capable of being reached or attained

   “a very getatable man”

   “both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations”

   Synonymsget-at-ablegetatable

   Similaraccessible

   colloquialism

Questions about come-at-able

What does come-at-able mean?

come-at-able means "capable of being attained or accomplished". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in come-at-able?

come-at-able has 5 syllables: co-me--a-t-a-ble. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for come-at-able?

Close synonyms include attainable, get-at-able, getatable. 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 come-at-able a common word?

come-at-able is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.