containable
Possible to limit
Containable describes something that can be held within limits, controlled, or kept from spreading.
A fire may be containable if caught early.
An outbreak is containable with proper measures.
The word often appears when assessing whether something threatening can be managed: Officials said the leak was containable.
Able to be regulated
- handleableAble to be dealt with
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
- governableAble to be ruled
- adjustableAble to be changed
tameable · restrainable · checkable · suppressible · maintainable · enforceable · administrable
Able to be controlled
- stifledForcibly held in
- repressibleAble to be restrained
- inhibitedHeld back by self-consciousness
- smotherableAble to be suffocated
Having definite bounds
- limitedRestricted in extent
- measurableAble to be gauged
- quantifiableAble to be measured
- circumscribedConfined within bounds
delimited · definable · bounded · countable · enumerable · determinate · restricted · constrained
controllable
Able to be regulated
- handleableAble to be dealt with
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
- governableAble to be ruled
adjustable · tameable · restrainable · checkable · suppressible · maintainable · enforceable · administrable
restrainable
Able to be controlled
- stifledForcibly held in
- repressibleAble to be restrained
- inhibitedHeld back by self-consciousness
smotherable · quenchable · dampened · muffled · checked · curbed · tamped
finite
Having definite bounds
- limitedRestricted in extent
- measurableAble to be gauged
- quantifiableAble to be measured
circumscribed · delimited · definable · bounded · countable · enumerable · determinate · restricted · constrained · set
enclosed
Surrounded and sealed within
penned · sealed · stored · packaged · crated · jarred · bagged · wrapped · binned · pourable
containableuncontainable
Unable to be confined
uncontrollable · unstoppable · irrepressible · unbridled · unchecked
containableuncontainable
Unable to be confined
boundless · limitless · unbounded · unconfined · infinite
contain, continue, container, retain, maintain, obtain, content, sustain, detain