actionable

ac·tion·able

adj \ˈak-sh(ə-)nə-bəl\

Definition of ACTIONABLE

1

: subject to or affording ground for an action or suit at law

2

: capable of being acted on <actionable information>

— ac·tion·ably \-blē\ adverb

Examples of ACTIONABLE

1. Firing people because of their age is actionable.
2. We've received actionable information that the men are hiding in these mountains.

First Known Use of ACTIONABLE

1591

Related to ACTIONABLE

Synonyms: practical, applicable, applicative, applied, functional, practicable, serviceable, ultrapractical, usable (also useable), useful, workable, working

Antonyms: impracticable, impractical, inapplicable, nonpractical, unusable, unworkable, useless

Related Words: down-to-earth, pragmatic (also pragmatical), utilitarian; banausic, mundane; accessible, available, obtainable, reachable; all-around (also all-round), handy; active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, operating, operative

Near Antonyms: abstract, academic (also academical), armchair, theoretical (also theoretic); inaccessible, unattainable, unavailable, unobtainable, unreachable; unsuitable

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Other Legal Terms

alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi