Adjective: durable
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more durable |
| Superlative | most durable |
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonyms: persistent, long-lasting, lasting, hard-wearing; see also Thesaurus:lasting
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durable batteries
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I forged a durable relationship with my seatmate.
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Researchers have developed a new gel they say is as durable as metal, has the flexibility of jello, and could revolutionize how our bodies heal and age. [2017 July 16, Jenny Marc, Katy Scott, “Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than steel”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025:]
Adjectives inflected like durable
priest-ridden,
unreposed,
evadible,
dissentious,
dissentient,
unforesighted,
egocentrical,
unephemeral,
unennobling,
mensuralist,
flocculent,
unseductive,
whoopsy,
whooshy,
surrogate,
Nicodian,
unrepaired,
prismatoidal,
renorenal,
unseducible, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”). See: Latin Adjectives '
dūrābilis'.
Verbs referencing "durable"
Spanish Adjectives
duro.