LIVABLE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

livable

adjective

ˈli-və-bəl

variants also liveable

Definition of livable

as in inhabitable

suitable for living in after we added some furniture and painted the walls, the apartment was livable

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Recent Examples of livable Lower bills, cleaner air, and a livable planet are all in our hands. — Illapa Sairitupac, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026 Humans are continuing to push Earth beyond livable levels of heat, pollution and other conditions—both for us and for millions of species. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026 The legislation affirms the rights of those in private detention facilities to access medical and mental health treatment, clean drinking water, food that is safe to consume and livable quarters. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The Mateos had done just enough to make the building livable. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for livable

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Adjective

My entire theory of writing is indebted to looking at floor plans with my mother as a child—which gave me the sense of language as something spatial and inhabitable.

— Nandini Krishnan, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
To hope is to give yourself to the future—and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026

Definition of inhabitable

Adjective

Tonight’s Venus cazimi could clarify what would make your environment feel more comfortable or genuinely yours.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
Perhaps most important for the team’s near future, Garland looked comfortable and confident as the Clippers’ alpha player, beginning his first full season in Los Angeles after being acquired from Cleveland in a trade for James Harden in February.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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Smaller-scale landlords tend to be more flexible with tenants on issues such as late rent, data show, so the city should award grants or subsidies to help those landlords keep their properties habitable, Khanmalek said.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Keeping the national electric grid running did not make those homes habitable in freezing weather.

— Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026

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