ponderable

An adjective meaning capable of being weighed or considered; now rarely used in modern English.

• 🇩🇪Adjektiv, das bedeutet, dass etwas gewogen werden kann oder dass etwas abwägbar bzw. bedenkenswert ist; im modernen Englisch selten verwendet.

1. Capable of being weighed C2 formal

   Having enough physical substance to be measured or weighed.

   • The scientist argued that the ether was not a ponderable substance.
   • In physics, ponderable matter is distinguished from energy.
   • The scale could only measure ponderable objects.

   🇩🇪Wiegbar

   Synonyme: measurable

   Antonyme: imponderableweightless

2. Capable of being considered C2 formal

   Important or significant enough to be thought about or considered carefully.

   • The committee discussed several ponderable issues.
   • Her argument raised ponderable questions about the future.
   • The consequences of the decision are ponderable.

   🇩🇪bedeutsam genug zum Nachdenken

   Synonyme: consequentialconsiderableimportantmomentousnotablenoteworthysignificantweighty

   Antonyme: inconsiderableinsignificantminornegligibletrivial

• more ponderable comparative form
• most ponderable superlative form