Viability

The ability to work successfully under real conditions.

Reach for it when judging whether a plan, organism, or organization can work and endure

The trial confirmed the viability of low-cost water filters.

• everyday

  workability

  the arrangement can function in practice

  not when Workability is informal and modest.

• warm

  promise

  early signs justify hopeful attention

  not when Promise is predictive and not established viability.

• professional

  feasibility

  practical execution is the main question

  not when A feasible plan may not endure economically.

• professional

  soundness

  the underlying design is dependable

  not when Sound design can still lack funding or users.

• professional

  sustainability

  continued operation within resource limits matters

  not when Sustainability says less about initial execution.

• formal

  practicability

  real-world constraints determine whether action is possible

  not when Practicability can ignore long-term demand.

• formal

  survivability

  continued existence under threat is central

  not when Survivability tolerates poor performance.

• infeasibility
• fragility
• failure

• commercial viability

  The pilot established commercial viability without reducing worker pay.

• long-term viability

  Seed diversity supports the orchard's long-term viability.

• assess viability

  The committee will assess viability after one full winter of data.

• Viable adj.
• Viably adv.

• Wiktionary, English noun, capacity to work successfully or survive sense ↗opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26

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