Feasibles

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Capable of being done, executed, or carried out successfully; reasonable and practical to achieve; able to be put into effect under given conditions
2. Practically achievable or workable, able to be accomplished with available means; sensible and likely to succeed when implemented; capable of being realized or brought to completion
3. Able to be performed or attained without excessive difficulty; realistic and suitable for implementation; possible to accomplish in a particular situation or context

Etymology: "Feasibles" is the plural of "feasible," an adjective, so this is a plural form used as a noun (the things that can be done). "Feasible" came into English in the early 1400s from Old French "faisible," meaning "practicable," which derives from "faire," to do or make, ultimately from Latin "facere." The same Latin root gives English "fact," "factory," and "manufacture," all words about doing or making things. The shift in meaning matters here. The word's older sense in English was closer to "capable of being done in principle," and its modern sense of "realistic and sensible enough to be worth attempting" became common later. The noun use in the plural, as in discussions of options or proposals, is a more recent extension of this adjective.

Synonyms: possibles, viables, workables

Antonyms: impossibles, infeasibles