Organizable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Able to be arranged or structured into a coherent or efficient system or order
2. Capable of being methodically planned or systematized for better function or understanding
3. Possessing the potential to be put into an orderly or systematic arrangement

Etymology: "Organizable" is a plain formation: the verb "organize" with the suffix "-able" attached, meaning capable of being organized. "Organize" itself comes from Medieval Latin "organizare," which took the Greek "organon," meaning instrument or tool, and carried the sense of equipping something with the parts it needs to function as a whole. The suffix "-able" comes from Latin "-abilis," which has long been used in English to form adjectives meaning "able to be" the action of the base word. Because "-able" attaches so readily to verbs, English speakers can turn almost any transitive verb into an adjective on the spot, and "organizable" follows that pattern. The result describes something, such as a group, a collection of files, or a body of material, that can be arranged into a systematic order or structure.

Synonyms: arrangeable, systematizable, sortable, classifiable, structurable

Antonyms: disorganized, chaotic, unordered, confused, jumbled