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salvageable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The car wasn't salvageable after the engine fire. The insurance company totalled it and I bought a new one.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unsalvageable, unrescuable, unsavable

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

capable of being saved from ruin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • their marriage was not salvageable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English salvage Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English salvageable From salvage + -able.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: te redden — capable of being salvaged
  • Finnish: korjauskelpoinen — capable of being salvaged
  • French: récupérable — capable of being salvaged
  • French: sauvable — capable of being salvaged
  • German: zu retten — capable of being salvaged
  • Greek: διασώσιμος (diasósimos) — capable of being salvaged
  • Italian: recuperabile — capable of being salvaged
  • Polish: do uratowania — capable of being salvaged
  • Spanish: salvable — capable of being salvaged
  • Spanish: rescatable — capable of being salvaged
  • Spanish: recuperable — capable of being salvaged
  • Spanish: reutilizable — capable of being salvaged
  • Spanish: restaurable — capable of being salvaged