ATTAINABLE Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

attainable

adjective

Definition of attainable

as in achievable

capable of being done or carried out set attainable goals, not impracticable ones

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as in obtainable

possible to get I don't know if those blue jeans are attainable overseas

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Recent Examples of attainable And growing up in Anaheim, some sort of career associated with Disneyland seemed readily attainable. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Having your best friend move in next door is an attainable goal. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2026 Here also is a private terrace with a long dining table beneath green-and-white striped awning, the exquisite views from which can only be made better by the highly-attainable promise of an excellent espresso in hand while taking them in. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 McGuire said his own second-term priority would be to make homeownership more attainable for younger Americans. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026 These micro-units are intended to provide an attainable housing option for Naperville residents, according to a city memo. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Military strategy, however, needs to be organized around a concrete, attainable political end state to be effective. — Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026 But after losing four of the final five games, the narrative soon changed from a gritty Yellow Jackets team with attainable playoff hopes to a middle-ground Atlantic Coast Conference squad with a Pop-Tarts Bowl ceiling. — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 For tens of thousands of New Yorkers, these communities provide a pathway to stable, attainable homeownership that would otherwise be out of reach. — Jeff Cook, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

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Adjective

Sherman said the expected completion date, about 41 months away, is an achievable goal.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
But if quitting is not immediately achievable, moving away from combustible tobacco may reduce exposure to harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke.

— Emma Fenske, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of achievable

Adjective

The Heat are confident to start the season, but there are multiple reasons to think the team’s lofty goals might not be obtainable in a remade and loaded East.

— Doug Haller, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
The court found Village Homes’ financial predictions and reorganization plan obtainable.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of obtainable

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The students who stepped forward when their teacher collapsed playing basketball in Michigan illustrate what becomes possible when CPR skills are taught before they are needed.

— Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
The film team had to come up with a strategy to capture as much as possible without interfering with Schnell’s challenge.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of possible

Adjective

Rolapp, meanwhile, said in January there was no guarantee the program that brought Koepka back would be available again.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
So the other, cheaper bird that’s for sale — the $2,000 bird that a clerk might have told her about — is that available in-house, or is that a special order?

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of available

Adjective

Unlike Hamas, which deliberately targets Israeli civilians, the IDF takes all feasible precautions to mitigate harm to civilians and operates under a structured targeting framework designed to ensure the identification of lawful military objectives.

— Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Life sciences teams are working across increasingly large and complex datasets to answer research questions, identify patient populations and determine whether studies are feasible.

— Sujay Jadhav, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of feasible

Adjective

Last year, a Senatobia officer threatened a Black woman with a Taser, pulling her from her car and onto the ground and arresting her during a confrontation over an accessible parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot.

— SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
These cameras are license plate readers that in many cases create detailed portraits of Americans’ vehicle movements, accessible to police across the country without a warrant.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

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