gradable — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Able to form degrees or grades

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Able to occur in varying degrees; able to be inflected or modified to express degrees of meaning.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a word or phrase

   Synonyms

   comparable

   Antonyms

   non-gradableungradable

   Examples

   Hot and cold are gradable antonyms.

3. steep, but still able to be climbed by a motor vehicle

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

1. A word that can be inflected to specify the degree or grade of something.

Adjective

1. capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.)