Associations to the word «Supportable»

Wiktionary

SUPPORTABLE, adjective. Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.
SUPPORTABLE, adjective. Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable.

Dictionary definition

SUPPORTABLE, adjective. Capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable punishment".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats