If something is feasible, it can be done, made, or achieved.
She questioned whether it was feasible to stimulate investment in these regions.
That may be fine for the U.S., but it's not feasible for a mass European market.
Synonyms: practicable, possible, reasonable, viable More Synonyms of feasible
feasibility (fiːzəbɪlɪti)uncountable noun
The committee will study the feasibility of setting up a national computer network. [+ of]
Synonyms: possibility, viability, usefulness, expediency More Synonyms of feasible
feasible in British English
(ˈfiːzəbəl)
adjective
1.
able to be done or put into effect; possible
2.
likely; probable
a feasible excuse
Derived forms
feasibility (ˌfeasiˈbility) or feasibleness (ˈfeasibleness)
noun
feasibly (ˈfeasibly)
adverb
Word origin
C15: from Anglo-French faisable, from faire to do, from Latin facere
feasible in American English
(ˈfizəbəl)
adjective
1.
capable of being done or carried out; practicable; possible
a feasible scheme
2.
within reason; likely or probable
a usage objected to by some
a feasible story
3.
capable of being used or dealt with successfully; suitable
land feasible for cultivation
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈpossible
Derived forms
feasibility (ˌfeasiˈbility)
nounWord forms: pluralˌfeasiˈbilities
feasibleness (ˈfeasibleness)
noun
feasibly (ˈfeasibly)
adverb
Word origin
ME faisible < OFr < stem of faire, to do < L facere: see do1
Examples of 'feasible' in a sentence
feasible
The ministry guidance said it was important to show that tagging was a feasible alternative to custody.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is not economically feasible, let alone fair, to expect younger people to shoulder this burden with higher taxes.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Of course there is only one feasible explanation.
Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
With substantial council ownership this seemed a feasible proposal.
Brindley,Tim & Rydin, Yvonne & Stoker, Gerry Remaking Planning: the politics of urban change in the Thatcher years (1989)
The current run of high oil prices makes all this economically feasible.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Within the team there is no feasible alternative as captain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So you work from home and make it feasible.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is technically feasible but not yet economic.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The shaded area represents new bundles that are now in the feasible set.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Sometimes people suggest ministries that do not seem feasible.
Christianity Today (2000)
Is it feasible to make this trip overland?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The effect of the price increase is to decrease the size of your feasible set.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Last night the site seemed the most feasible funeral option.
The Sun (2009)
But those alternatives are extremely expensive in themselves and carbon capture and storage may not be technically feasible either.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That sounds perfectly feasible to me.
The Sun (2014)
It just may not be feasible to implement job redesign, given current organizational constraints.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments,Functions
There was no longer any feasible alternative to open, free democratic capitalism.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That the first of these alternatives is feasible and available to policy-makers there is no doubt.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's simply not feasible to make progress this way.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Encouraging Japan to do more in areas that are both politically and economically feasible may resultin real progress.
Abshire, David M. Preventing World War III - A Realistic Grand Strategy (1988)
But it is perfectly feasible.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It said it was'open to other technically feasible and commercially viable approaches '.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was partly thanks to this work that the building of Britain's motorway network became economically feasible.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Sometimes, not having a specialist investment team in place capable of managing a worldwide portfolio meant it was not feasible to put international stocks in the portfolio.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
One suggestion was to have a zone or cohort of observation, since one-to-one attention may not be feasible or beneficial to patients.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
feasible
British English: feasible /ˈfiːzəbl/ ADJECTIVE
If something is feasible, it can be done, made, or achieved.
The committee will decide whether the idea is feasible.
American English: feasible
Arabic: يـُمْكِن القِيَامُ به
Brazilian Portuguese: viável
Chinese: 可行的
Croatian: izvediv
Czech: proveditelný
Danish: mulig
Dutch: uitvoerbaar
European Spanish: factible
Finnish: mahdollinen
French: faisable
German: machbar
Greek: εφικτός
Italian: fattibile
Japanese: 実行可能な
Korean: 실행할 수 있는
Norwegian: gjennomførbar
Polish: wykonalny
European Portuguese: viável
Romanian: realizabil
Russian: осуществимый
Latin American Spanish: factible
Swedish: genomförbar
Thai: ซึ่งเป็นไปได้
Turkish: uygulanabilir
Ukrainian: можливий
Vietnamese: khả thi
Chinese translation of 'feasible'
feasible
(ˈfiːzəbl)
adj
[proposal, idea]可行的 (kěxíng de)
(adjective)
Definition
able to be done
The deal was not economically feasible.
Synonyms
practicable
Teachers can only be expected to do what is practicable.
possible
Everything is possible if we want it enough.
reasonable
viable
commercially viable products
workable
This isn't a workable solution to the problem.
achievable
It is a good idea to start with easily achievable goals.
attainable
It is unrealistic to believe perfection is a attainable goal.
realizable
likely
It's likely that he still has it.
Opposites
impossible
,
unreasonable
,
inconceivable
,
untenable
,
unworkable
,
impracticable
,
unviable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of achievable
It is a good idea to start with easily achievable goals.
Synonyms
attainable,
obtainable,
winnable,
reachable,
realizable,
within your grasp,
graspable,
gettable,
acquirable,
possible,
accessible,
probable,
feasible,
practicable,
accomplishable
in the sense of attainable
It is unrealistic to believe perfection is a attainable goal.