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

Travel in Greenland has always been logistically taxing: the country has just 56 miles of paved roads across its entire 830,000 square miles and no drivable routes exist at all between settlements and towns, meaning transport is primarily by boat, plane, or helicopter. —Laura Hall, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2024

The Danish toy company and British supercar manufacturer McLaren have outdone themselves with their latest collaboration: a fully drivable, life-sized replica of the iconic McLaren P1 hypercar made almost entirely out of Lego Technic pieces. —Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024

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

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1b