Meaning & use

liveable

adjective·Academic

Suitable or good enough to live in or with; tolerable.

See it in a sentence

After the renovation, the old farmhouse finally felt liveable again.

The city was ranked among the most liveable places for young families.

A note on using this word

Liveable is the standard British spelling, while livable is more common in American English; both are widely accepted.

Words with a similar meaning

habitabletolerable

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Words with an opposite meaning

unlivable

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