delible

Able to erase

Delible means capable of being erased or removed—the opposite of indelible.

The word is rare, appearing mainly in technical or legal contexts where the distinction matters: delible ink, delible markings.

Most speakers simply say "erasable" instead.

erasable

eraser

Mark removal tool

remove · expunge · efface · obliterate · clean · scrub · undo · correct · revise · blot

impermanent

fleeting

Passing very quickly

momentary · short-lived · passing · fading · vanishing · dissolving · disappearing · perishable · volatile · unstable

alterable

modifiable

Able to be changed

amendable · correctable · editable · reversible · revocable · mutable · flexible · adaptable · transformable · convertible

Opposites
permanence/erasability

delibleindelible

Impossible to remove

permanent · unerasable · ineradicable · lasting · enduring

Family

indelible, indelibly, indelibility

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G