repairable
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being mended or fixed: "repairable" describes an object that can be restored to good condition after damage or wear.
- Able to be remedied or corrected: In a broader sense, "repairable" can refer to abstract things like mistakes, errors, or harm that can be made right.
Usage Examples
- (The chair can be mended.)
- (The engine can be fixed.)
- (The mistake could be remedied.)
Advanced Usage
"barely repairable": so severely damaged that repair is only just possible.
- The phone was barely repairable after being dropped in water. (The phone could be fixed, but with great difficulty.)
"easily repairable": simple to fix without much effort or cost.
- A cracked screen on a modern smartphone is not always easily repairable. (Fixing it may be complex or expensive.)
Variants and Related Words
- Repair (verb, noun): the act or process of fixing something.
- He will repair the broken toy. (He will fix it.)
- Repairability (noun): the quality of being able to be repaired.
- The repairability of this laptop is high because parts are easy to replace. (How fixable it is.)
- Unrepairable (adjective): not capable of being fixed.
- The shattered vase is unrepairable. (It cannot be mended.)
Synonyms
- Fixable: able to be repaired.
- Mendable: capable of being mended or restored.
- Restorable: able to be returned to a former condition.
Related Idioms
- "Beyond repair": in such a damaged state that fixing is impossible.
- The roof was beyond repair; we had to replace it entirely. (It could not be repaired.)
Phrasal Verbs
- "Fix up": to repair or renovate something.
- They fixed up the old house to make it livable. (They repaired and improved it.)
Part of Speech
- Adjective