habitable.

Fit or suitable for people or other specified organisms to live in.

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Words that belong together

• a habitable dwelling
• a habitable environment

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Only the upper floor remained habitable after the flood.

The survey called the valley habitable without calling it comfortable.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Comparative more habitable; superlative most habitable where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.