English Explanatory Dictionary

habitable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
  2. Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæbɪtəbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-habitable.wav

Word forms

habitable more habitable most habitable

Etymology

From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.

Synonyms

inhabitable

Antonyms

unhabitable uninhabitable

Related words

habitability habitat inhabitable

Derived words

habitable epoch habitableness habitable zone habitably nonhabitable semihabitable superhabitable
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