- 1. a. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. Source: opted
- 2. a. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. Source: opted
- 3. a. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. Source: opted
- 4. adj. able to be passed or traversed or crossed Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. about average; acceptable Source: wordnet
- 6. 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 of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. L'Estrange. Could they have made this slander passable. Collier. 3. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. Dryden. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 a. able to be passed or traversed or crossed Source: ecdict
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