viable

Questions about viable

What does viable mean?

viable means "capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in viable?

viable has 3 syllables: vi-a-ble. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /ˈvaɪəbəl/.

What is another word for viable?

Close synonyms include feasible, executable, practicable, workable. 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 viable a common word?

viable 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.