noun

feasibility

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Feasibility (noun) means the degree to which something can actually be done with the money, time, people and technology available. Example: “The council commissioned a report on the feasibility of the new tram line.”

noun

The degree to which something can actually be done with the money, time, people and technology available.

"The council commissioned a report on the feasibility of the new tram line."

"We questioned the feasibility of finishing the build before winter."

The quality of being likely or plausible.

"Detectives doubted the feasibility of his account of that evening."

How to Use Feasibility

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishWhether something can realistically be done.

When to use it

Neutral to formal, and very common in business, engineering and public planning.

Memory tip

A feasibility study is the standard name for the report that tests an idea before money is committed to it.

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Easily confused with

viability → possibility → practicability

Common pairings

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Etymology

From feasible, which comes from Old French faisable 'doable', from faire 'to do', ultimately from Latin facere 'to do, to make'.

Origin: French

Synonyms

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practicality viability workability practicability plausibility likelihood credibility

Antonyms

impossibility impracticality

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Rhymes for feasibility

city pity deity acuity parity entity brevity opacity paucity ability quality reality

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between feasibility and viability?

Feasibility asks whether something can be done at all with the resources at hand. Viability asks whether it can keep going and succeed once it is done, especially financially. A project can be feasible to build but not viable to run.

What is a feasibility study?

It is a structured assessment carried out before a project is approved, examining whether it is technically possible, legally allowed, affordable and worth doing. It usually ends with a recommendation to proceed, revise the plan or stop.

Is feasibility the same as possibility?

Not quite. Something can be possible in principle but not feasible in practice, because it would cost too much or take too long. Feasibility always takes real-world constraints into account.

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