extricable
Able to untangle
Extricable describes something that can be freed, untangled, or released from a difficult situation or entanglement.
It is the opposite of inextricable, though far less commonly used.
If two concepts are extricable, they can be separated and considered independently: The political and economic factors, though related, are extricable from one another.
The word applies to both physical entanglements and abstract complexities.
Able to be unfastened
- separableCapable of being divided
- extractableAble to be withdrawn
- releasableAble to be freed
- withdrawableAble to be removed
disentangle · disconnectable · unfasten · unhook · unbolt · unclip · unstrap · uncouple
Able to be settled
- manageableAble to be controlled
- decipherableAble to be decoded
- comprehensibleAble to be understood
- workableAble to be implemented
tractable · surmountable · answerable · fixable · clarifiable · diagnosable · decodable · explicable
Capable of being prevented
- evadableCapable of being dodged
- preventableCapable of being stopped
- bypassableAble to be skirted
- dodgeableAble to be avoided
avertible · negotiable · navigable · surmountable · survivable · recoverable · salvageable
detachable
Able to be unfastened
- separableCapable of being divided
- extractableAble to be withdrawn
- releasableAble to be freed
withdrawable · disentangle · disconnectable · unfasten · unhook · unbolt · unclip · unstrap · uncouple · dislodge
resolvable
Able to be settled
- manageableAble to be controlled
- decipherableAble to be decoded
- comprehensibleAble to be understood
workable · tractable · surmountable · answerable · fixable · clarifiable · diagnosable · decodable · explicable · fathomable
avoidable
Capable of being prevented
- evadableCapable of being dodged
- preventableCapable of being stopped
- bypassableAble to be skirted
dodgeable · avertible · negotiable · navigable · surmountable · survivable · recoverable · salvageable
extricableinextricable
Impossible to disentangle
inescapable · inseparable · unresolvable · irreversible · irresolvable