Usually means: Able to be controlled, managed.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. governable: Merriam-Webster
  2. governable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. governable: Collins English Dictionary
  4. governable: Vocabulary.com
  5. governable: Wordnik
  6. governable: Wiktionary
  7. Governable, governable: Dictionary.com
  8. Governable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. governable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. governable: Rhymezone
  11. Governable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. governable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. governable: FreeDictionary.org
  14. governable: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. governable: Mnemonic Dictionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. governable: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. governable: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (governable)

▸ adjective:  Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule.

Similar:
manageable, controllable, rulable, ruleable, amenable, regulable, regible, obeyable, subjectable, subjugable, more...

Opposite:
ungovernable, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly, disobedient

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Similar:
manageable, controllable, rulable, ruleable, amenable, regulable, regible, obeyable, subjectable, subjugable, more...

Opposite:
ungovernable, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly, disobedient



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