Associations to the word «Passable»

Wiktionary

PASSABLE, adjective. That may be passed or traversed.
PASSABLE, adjective. Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate.
PASSABLE, adjective. (sociology) Able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging.

Dictionary definition

PASSABLE, adjective. Able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable".
PASSABLE, adjective. About average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats