forgivable

1. 1.

   easily excused or forgiven

   “a venial error”

   Synonymsexcusablevenial

   Similarpardonable

Questions about forgivable

What does forgivable mean?

forgivable means "easily excused or forgiven".

How many syllables are in forgivable?

forgivable has 4 syllables: for-giv-a-ble. The stress falls on "giv". In IPA it is /fɔɹˈɡɪvəbəl/.

What is another word for forgivable?

Close synonyms include excusable, venial. 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 forgivable a common word?

forgivable 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.

What rhymes with forgivable?

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