Associations to the word «Viable»

Wiktionary

VIABLE, adjective. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
VIABLE, adjective. Able to be done, possible.
VIABLE, adjective. In (biology), able to live and develop.

Dictionary definition

VIABLE, adjective. Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.
VIABLE, adjective. Capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus".

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