-able
(Latin: suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.)
A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.
This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.
inestimable
inevitable
1. Impossible to avoid or to prevent.
2. Bound to come.
3. Invariably occurring or appearing; predictable.
4. Synonyms: inescapable, inexorable; automatic, mechanical, involuntary; out of one's hands; unquestionable, indisputable, undeniable, incontestable, irrefutable.
2. Bound to come.
3. Invariably occurring or appearing; predictable.
4. Synonyms: inescapable, inexorable; automatic, mechanical, involuntary; out of one's hands; unquestionable, indisputable, undeniable, incontestable, irrefutable.
inexcusable
inexhalable
Not exhalable; that which cannot be exhaled or evaporated.
inexorable
1. Not to be placated, appeased, or moved by entreaty.
2. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion.
3. Unstoppable or impossible to stop.
4. Adamant and pitiless; that is, someone who is not moved by anyone's attempts to plead or to persuade to do, or not to do, something.
2. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion.
3. Unstoppable or impossible to stop.
4. Adamant and pitiless; that is, someone who is not moved by anyone's attempts to plead or to persuade to do, or not to do, something.
inexpiable
inexplicable
inexsuperable
Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.
inextirpable
inflammable
1. Something that is quickly and easily set on fire and burned.
2. Capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
3. Easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: "Her father had an inflammable disposition regarding the men she was dating."
2. Capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
3. Easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: "Her father had an inflammable disposition regarding the men she was dating."
informidable
Not to be feared or dreaded; not formidable.
infrustrable (adjective)
Not frustrable; that which cannot be frustrated or rendered ineffectual.
ingelable
Not congealable.
ingustable
Tasteless; insipid; bland and without flavor.
inhabitable
