Associations to the word «Passable»

Wiktionary

PASSABLE, adjective. That may be passed or traversed.
PASSABLE, adjective. Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate.
PASSABLE, adjective. (sociology) Able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging.

Dictionary definition

PASSABLE, adjective. Able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable".
PASSABLE, adjective. About average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne