penetrable

1. 1.

   admitting of penetration or passage into or through

   “a penetrable wall”

   “penetrable defenses”

   Antonymsimpenetrable
2. 2.

   capable of being penetrated

   “penetrable defenses”

   Similarvulnerable

Questions about penetrable

What does penetrable mean?

penetrable means "admitting of penetration or passage into or through". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in penetrable?

penetrable has 4 syllables: pe-ne-tra-ble. The stress falls on "ne".

What is the opposite of penetrable?

The recorded antonyms are impenetrable.

Is penetrable a common word?

penetrable 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.