habitable
Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
Example
“After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.”
Other meanings
Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.
Antonyms
- uninhabitable
Related words
- habitable epoch
- habitableness
- habitable zone
- habitably
- nonhabitable
- semihabitable
- superhabitable
Word history
From Latin "habitābilis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “habitable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.