expandable

Questions about expandable

What does expandable mean?

expandable means "able to expand or be expanded". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in expandable?

expandable has 4 syllables: ex-pan-da-ble. The stress falls on "pan". In IPA it is /ɪkˈspændəbəl/.

What is another word for expandable?

Close synonyms include expandible, expansible, expandible, expansible, expansile. 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 expandable a common word?

expandable 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.