Dictionary

surmountable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English surmount Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English surmountable From surmount + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
   • A spokesman for South Western Railway told RAIL that all the issues were surmountable, and that it was continuing to work with both the train supplier and the union to bring the trains into service. 2021 November 3, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rolling stock concerns as '701s' "not fit for purpose"”, in RAIL, number 943, page 21:
   • Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.

Forms

Antonyms

insurmountable

Deriveds

unsurmountable · surmountableness

Synonyms

superable

Translations (9)

hu áthidalható (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · tr aşılabilir (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · hu legyőzhető (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · bg преодолим (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · de überwindbar (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · de passierbar (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · hu leküzdhető (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · la superābilis (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable) · de überspringbar (able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable)