Word Meanings - TRAVERSABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region. 2. Deniable; specifically , liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment. Sir M. Hale.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TRAVERSABLE)

• Passable
• Traversable
• navigable
• penetrable
• admissible
• tolerable
• ordinary
• Pervious
• Penetrable
• traversable
• explorable

Related words: (words related to TRAVERSABLE)

• ORDINARY
  1. According to established order; methodical; settled; regular. "The ordinary forms of law." Addison. 2. Common; customary; usual. Shak. Method is not less reguisite in ordinary conversation that in writing. Addison. 3. Of common rank, quality,
• NAVIGABLE
  Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river. Note: By the comon law, a river is considered as navigable only so far as the tide ebbs and flows in it. This is also the doctrine
• PASSABLE
  1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. 2. Capable
• PENETRABLE
  Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak. -- Pen"e*tra*ble*ness, n. -- Pen"e*tra*bly, adv.
• ADMISSIBLE
  Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv.
• PERVIOUS
  Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds. (more info) 1. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil. . . . pervious to winds, and open every
• TRAVERSABLE
  1. Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region. 2. Deniable; specifically , liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment. Sir M. Hale.
• ORDINARYSHIP
  The state of being an ordinary. Fuller.
• PERVIOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass. Boyle.
• TOLERABLE
  1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. As may affect tionearth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable. Milton. 2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as
• EXPLORABLE
  That may be explored; as, an explorable region.
• PASSABLENESS
  The quality of being passable.
• UNTOLERABLE
  Intolerable.
• IMPENETRABLENESS
  The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.
• SUBORDINARY
  One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary. Note: Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, but the bar, bend, sinister, pile, inescutcheon bordure, gyron, and quarter, are always
• IMPASSABLE
  Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
• UNPASSABLE
  Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn.
• UNPENETRABLE
  Impenetrable.
• COMPASSABLE
  Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.
• INNAVIGABLE
  Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. Drygen. -- In*nav"i*ga*bly, adv.
• INEXPLORABLE
  Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered. Sir G. Buck.
• INADMISSIBLE
  Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation. -- In`ad*mis"si*bly, adv.
• IMPENETRABLE
  Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time. 3. Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or
• CIRCUMNAVIGABLE
  Capable of being sailed round. Ray.