Nameable

Quick meaning: Nameable is an adjective meaning Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.

Meaning

Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions).

Example Sentences

Mr. Hyde […] gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation […]

There's a strange kind of power in games like that; like XCOM, with its nameable soldiers, or The Sims' customizable families.

Grits have been part of the story of the South as long as the South has been a nameable region — and they were around long before that, too.

[…] the culture [of alfalfa] is not very expensive, though the profit is not nameable till the second or third year, when the cuttings are considerable […]

Word Forms

• namable

Synonyms for nameable

Depending on context, synonyms include distinguishable, identifiable, recognisable, notable.

Antonyms for nameable

Common opposites include nameless, unidentifiable, unnameable, unrecognisable, forgettable, irrelevant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include namable, identifiable, nominable, denominable, denotable, nicknameable.

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