drivable

adjective

driv·​able ˈdrī-və-bəl 

variants or less commonly driveable

1

a

: capable of being driven

The car was damaged but still drivable.

Back in the yard, he led me on a brief tour of the accumulated cars. All of them, according to him, were much closer to being drivable than they appeared.

—Ian Frazier

b

: capable of being driven on or over

a drivable road

… a faint skein of … trails and washed-out dirt roads from the colonial era, only parts of it drivable and then only in the dry season.

—Neil Sheehan

c

: reachable by driving

a drivable destination

Below, find some of the most enticing, drivable options away from the Twin Cities, from genre-specific fests to vastly diverse celebrations.

—Michael Madden

2

golf : able to be reached by a drive from the tee

a drivable green

a drivable par four

drivability

ˌdrī-və-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

or less commonly driveability

… preserving the standard engine's fuel economy and drivability.

—Jean Lindamood

Examples of drivable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rather than book a rental car for the duration of your visit, consider booking a car for just a few days instead — stack all your drivable activities in those few days, then use the rest of the time for some R&R at the beach. Visit free attractions and attend free events. —Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024

The 1953 Buick Roadmaster in a storage shed in Pennsylvania is not really drivable. —Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 12 June 2024

After releasing a 24-inch-long scale replica of the McLaren P1 earlier this year, Lego has now debuted a full-size drivable version of the hypercar built from over 342,817 Technic pieces and powered by hundreds of Lego electric motors. —Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024

The car also utilized early models of artificial intelligence to figure out what terrain was drivable. —Kelyn Soong, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1b