desirable

Questions about desirable

What does desirable mean?

desirable means "worth having or seeking or achieving". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in desirable?

desirable has 4 syllables: de-si-ra-ble. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /dɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/.

What is another word for desirable?

Close synonyms include suitable, worthy. 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.

What is the opposite of desirable?

The recorded antonyms are undesirable.

Is desirable a common word?

desirable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with desirable?

1 word rhymes with desirable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.