ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Habitable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈhæbɪtəbəl/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Habitable is an adjective meaning Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

Meaning

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

More Meanings

  1. Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.

Example Sentences

Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.
After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.
Feros is a habitable world in the Attican Beta cluster. Two-thirds of the habitable surface is covered with the ruins of a crumbling Prothean megatropolis.

Synonyms for habitable

Depending on context, synonyms include inhabitable, livable, liveable.

Antonyms for habitable

Common opposites include unhabitable, uninhabitable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inhabitable, livable, liveable, occupied, hospitable, living.

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