shareable

IPA/ˈʃeə.rə.bəl/
IPA/ˈʃer.ə.bəl/

shareable — adjective

  • shareablepositive
  • more shareablecomparative
  • most shareablesuperlative

1. in a form that lets you pass it to other people, often by posting it online so t

1.adjectiveB2
Definition

in a form that lets you pass it to other people, often by posting it online so they can see or use it too

Example

Ayesha turned her photos into a shareable album that her cousins could open anywhere.

shareable + noun (shareable album) for content meant to be passed around

The museum made its short videos shareable, so visitors could send them to friends quickly.

make + something + shareable for enabling easy sharing

Common collocations
  • shareable link
  • shareable content
  • highly shareable
  • easily shareable
  • shareable file
Synonyms
  • distributable

    more formal; common in technical or business writing about files and documents

  • transferable

    stresses moving something from one owner to another, not posting it widely

Antonyms
  • private

    set so that only you, not others, can see or open it

  • confidential

    must be kept secret; sharing it would break a rule or trust

Usage Note

Most often used of digital content (links, files, posts, videos) that is built or set up so others can easily access it. Frequently follows 'make' or modifiers like 'highly' / 'easily'.

Common Mistakes

These cookies are shareable between the kids.
These cookies are easy to share between the kids.
for physical food, 'easy to share' sounds far more natural than 'shareable'.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: adjective/1

All three describe something that can be passed to others, but they fit different situations. 'Shareable' is the everyday word for digital content set up so people can easily see or forward it, like a shareable link or a shareable post. 'Distributable' is more formal and technical, used when copies of a file or document are meant to be sent out widely, often in a company. 'Transferable' focuses on changing who owns or holds something, such as a transferable ticket or transferable skills, rather than posting it for many people. So you would call a funny video shareable, a software package distributable, and a season pass transferable — for example, a marketing team designs a post to be highly shareable, while her work skills are transferable to almost any office job.

shareable ↗distributable ↗transferable ↗

Common collocations

Nouns

Adverbs

Phrases

  • make something shareable
  • a shareable link

Prepositions

Etymology

Old EnglishEnglish

Formed in modern English by adding the suffix '-able' (meaning 'able to be') to the verb 'share'. 'Share' comes from Old English 'scearu', linked to the idea of a part or portion cut off. The word grew much more common with the rise of the internet and social media, where people constantly pass content to one another.

First known use

1674

1674, in the meaning defined above