viewable

adjective

view·​able ˈvyü-ə-bəl 

1

a

: capable of being seen : visible

The next solar eclipse that will be visible from North America is coming on June 10, 2021 when a partial solar eclipse will be viewable from the north-eastern U.S. and Canada.

—Jamie Carter

b

: capable of being inspected or examined in person

This lust for high-tech life is also answered in the … look of the Michael Jackson Suite at Disney World (viewable by appointment) at the fabulous Hotel Royal Plaza.

—Ellen Count

2

: capable of being watched (as on a display screen)

Before long, the boys have embellished their report with video segments (viewable on a nearby big-screen TV) …

—Charles Piller

Virgil and two friends, John Beck and Ken Dunn, had watched the news reports … on the set's one viewable channel.

—Leigh Montville

With Flash, you can create compact, streaming Web animations that are easily viewable on just about any platform.

—Ben Long

Examples of viewable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Waters’ arrest affidavit was not immediately viewable in court filings, and the alleged victim has not otherwise been publicly identified. —Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024

Some of your posts may still be viewable from Google or other search engines, but will lead to an error page on X’s site, the platform reports. —Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024

The zoo's hippo exhibit is currently closed, as is typical in the fall and winter months; Happy will be viewable again in spring. —Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024

In Tarrytown, New York, which is 20 miles from NYC, the Manhattan skyline is usually viewable from the 125-foot-high Tides of Tarrytown overlook, framed by the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge (née Tappan Zee Bridge). —Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

view entry 2 + -able

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1a