viable
Able to succeed
Viable means capable of surviving or succeeding.
A viable fetus can live outside the womb.
A viable plan has a reasonable chance of working: Is this business model viable?
A viable candidate can realistically win.
The word implies not just possibility but practical likelihood—something viable has what it needs to sustain itself or achieve its purpose.
Able to be implemented
- achievableAble to be accomplished
- doableAble to be accomplished
- attainableAble to be reached
- realisticTrue to life
implementable · possible · practical · actionable · executable · manageable · realizable · conceivable
Currently having breath
- aliveHaving current existence
- survivingRemaining alive or intact
- thrivingSucceeding vigorously
- fertileAble to reproduce abundantly
reproductive · gestational · fetal · embryonic · offspring · pregnancy · birth · development
Lasting extended period
- enduringPersisting through time
- self-sustainingAble to continue independently
- renewableCapable of restoration
- durableAble to withstand use
lasting · maintainable · resilient · stable · continuing · persistent · ongoing · profitable
Meeting necessary standards
- suitableProper for purpose
- eligibleMeeting required conditions
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
serious · legitimate · contending · electable · potential · prospective · promising · strong
workable
Able to be implemented
- achievableAble to be accomplished
- doableAble to be accomplished
- attainableAble to be reached
realistic · implementable · possible · practical · actionable · executable · manageable · realizable · conceivable · plausible
living
Currently having breath
fertile · reproductive · gestational · fetal · embryonic · offspring · pregnancy · birth · development · organism
long-term
Lasting extended period
- enduringPersisting through time
- self-sustainingAble to continue independently
- renewableCapable of restoration
durable · lasting · maintainable · resilient · stable · continuing · persistent · ongoing · profitable · economical
qualified
Meeting necessary standards
- suitableProper for purpose
- eligibleMeeting required conditions
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
credible · serious · legitimate · contending · electable · potential · prospective · promising · strong · leading
- Possibilitymaybe, perhaps, possibly, could, might
- SAT vocabularyaesthetic, ambiguous, benevolent, candid, concise
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- practicalpractical, pragmatic, realistic, sensible, reasonable
- qualitiesgood, bad, better, best, useful
- business adjectivescommercial, corporate, economic, financial, fiscal
viableinfeasible
Not capable of achievement
unfeasible · impossible · unviable · nonviable · unworkable
viableimpractical
Not suited for use
unpractical · unworkable · useless · unreasonable · vain
- fetal viabilityCapacity for extrauterine survival
- minimum viable productSimplest testable market offering