portrayable

Able to depict

Portrayable describes something capable of being depicted, represented, or acted out.

A character may be portrayable by a particular actor; a scene may be portrayable on stage.

The word often appears in discussions of what can be convincingly shown: Some emotions are more easily portrayable than others.

sensename

depictable

Able to be represented

paintable · sketchable · renderable · visualizable · picturable · capturable · reproducible · showable · expressible · demonstrable

acting

actable

Suitable for staging

stageable · castable · enactable · theatrical · screenworthy · filmable · expressible · interpretable · realizable · convincing

narrative

describable

Able to be portrayed

recordable · accountable · reportable · writeable · publishable · adaptable · scriptable · articulable · expressible · communicable

Opposites
capacity for depiction

portrayableunportrayable

Impossible to represent artistically

unrepresentable · ineffable · indescribable · inexpressible · inconceivable

Family

portrait, portray, portrayal, portrayed, portraiture, portraying, portrays, portraitist, portraitists

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