GRE vocabulary
viable
capable of working successfully or surviving
In a sentence
Viable in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing viable in a sentence.
Engineers searched for a viable alternative to the costly design.
Synonyms
Antonyms
unworkableimpractical
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to waver indecisively between options or opinions
vacillation
the inability to decide between different courses of action; wavering
vacuity
total absence of thought, ideas, or substance
vacuous
empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
vagabond
a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home
vagary
an unpredictable or capricious change or notion
vagrant
a person who wanders without a settled home or work
vainglorious
excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements
Common questions
Questions about “viable”
Viable (adjective) means capable of working successfully or surviving
Here is viable used in an example sentence: "Engineers searched for a viable alternative to the costly design."
Common synonyms for viable include feasible, workable, practicable, sustainable.
Antonyms of viable include unworkable, impractical.
Viable is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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