calculable

adjective

cal·​cu·​la·​ble ˈkal-kyə-lə-bəl 

1

: subject to or ascertainable by calculation

2

: that may be counted on : dependable

Synonyms

• dependable
• good
• reliable
• responsible
• safe
• secure
• solid
• steady
• sure
• tried
• tried-and-true
• true
• trustable
• trustworthy
• trusty

Examples of calculable in a Sentence

his performance as a pitcher is as calculable as the daily tides

Recent Examples on the Web

In Gaza, the human toll in lives and financial costs isn’t calculable, but Hamas claims more than 40,000 people have been killed. —Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024

The year has been, by almost all calculable metrics, a bad one for the news. —Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024

He's made available for release roughly one out of every 20 songs he's written in his career because his songs, like his truth, arrive at the surface of his lips from the depths of his soul in time calculable by eras of life instead of days and weeks. —Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2024

Everywhere in the world, local solar times would be abolished to make room for new mean times that, given their uniformity, would be easily comparable and calculable. —Vanessa Ogle, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2015

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin calculābilis, from Late Latin calculāre "to count, reckon, compute" + Latin -bilis "capable (of acting) or worthy (of being acted upon)" — more at calculate, -able

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1