startable

Able to commence

Startable describes something capable of being started.

The word appears most often with engines and vehicles: The car was barely startable in cold weather.

Software and processes can also be startable, meaning they're in a state ready to launch or initiate.

beginning

launch

Set into motion

embark · genesis · inception · outset · origin · dawn · birth · foundation · threshold · inauguration

activatable

ignite

Start burning something

engage · enable · crank · rev · prime · energize · spark · warm-up · idle · operable

potential

latent

Present but inactive

primed · feasible · viable · capable · possible · prospective · unrealized · waiting · pending · preparable

Opposites
initiation capability

startableinoperable

Cannot be repaired

dead · unlaunchable · broken · disabled · kaput

Family

restartable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G