Meaning
Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
inhabitablehomelike
Antonyms
unhabitableuninhabitable
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles, including a pangram: