countable — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Antonyms

   uncountablecountlessnumberlessinnumerable

2. Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a set

   Antonyms

   uncountableinfinite

   Broader terms

   finitecountably infinite

3. Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers. Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a set

   Synonyms

   denumerable

   Antonyms

   non-denumerable

4. Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a noun

   Synonyms

   count

   Antonyms

   uncountablenoncountnon-count

   Examples

   In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun.

Noun

1. A noun that is countable.

   Synonyms

   count nouncountable noun

   Antonyms

   uncountablemass nounnoncount nounnon-count noununcountable noun

   Related words

   denumerabilityenumerabilitymass nounplurale tantumuniversal grinderuniversal packageruniversal sorter

Adjective

1. that can be counted

   Synonyms

   denumerableenumerablenumerable

   Examples

   countable sins

   numerable assets