feasible
/ˈfiːzɪb(ə)l
/adjective
1Possible and practical to do easily or conveniently: the Dutch have demonstrated that it is perfectly feasible to live below sea level...
- This is an especially useful method for limiting items to only those considered feasible in practice.
- However, this time consuming procedure is hardly feasible in general practice and therefore is seldom done.
- We truly believe that this is a transport policy that is manageable, practical and feasible.
Synonyms
practicable, practical, workable, achievable, attainable, realizable, viable, realistic, sensible, reasonable, within reason, within the bounds of possibility;
useful, suitable, expedient, helpful, constructive;
possible, likely, conceivable, imaginable
informal doable, earthly
rare accomplishable
2Likely; probable: the most feasible explanation...
- It is a perfectly feasible religious position to imagine a god as non-interventionist.
- I think it's actually still a feasible explanation.
- A feasible explanation for this discrepancy can be found in this work.
Derivatives
feasibly
/ adverb ...- Once this debt has been repaid you should invest as much as feasibly possible while you are still working so as to have a sufficient retirement fund.
- Fortunately, that didn't stop them from assisting each other as much as feasibly possible.
- She had drawn James as far away from them as feasibly possible without making it obviously so.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French faisible, from fais-, stem of faire 'do, make', from Latin facere.