actionable

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈækʃənəbəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Giving a sufficient reason to take legal action; affording grounds for a lawsuit.; Capable of being acted upon; providing a basis for action or decision-making.; Relating to or involving information that can be used to make decisions or take specific steps.; Subject to being acted upon; practical and ready for implementation.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more actionable Superlative: most actionable

Collocations

actionable insightsactionable intelligenceactionable itemsactionable feedbackactionable stepsactionable data

Derivatives

actionablyactionabilityactioninactionable

Synonyms

practicalimplementablefeasibleusableapplicableoperational

Antonyms

impracticalunfeasibletheoreticalabstract

Commonly confused

practical
EN: 'Practical' means useful or sensible in general; 'actionable' specifically means something concrete enough to act upon immediately.
feasible
EN: 'Feasible' means possible to accomplish; 'actionable' emphasizes that clear next steps can be identified and taken.

Spelling tips

EN: Formed from 'action' + '-able' (not '-ible'). Do not drop the 'i' in 'action' when adding the suffix.

💬 Examples

  1. The defamation was deemed actionable by the court.

  2. The report provided actionable insights for improving sales performance.

  3. The intelligence agency gathered actionable intelligence on the terrorist network.

  4. We need to turn these brainstorming ideas into actionable plans.