pensionable

1. 1.

   entitled to receive a pension

   “a pensionable employee”

   Similareligible

Questions about pensionable

What does pensionable mean?

pensionable means "entitled to receive a pension".

How many syllables are in pensionable?

pensionable has 5 syllables: pen-si-o-na-ble. The stress falls on "o".

Is pensionable a common word?

pensionable 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.