Durable

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dūrābilis ("lasting, permanent"), from dūrō ("harden, make hard").

Full definition of durable

Adjective

1. Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.

Synonyms

• permanent

Antonyms

• weak
• vulnerable
• transitory

Noun

1. (economics) A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
• 1989, Robert A. Pollak, In a frictionless world with perfect rental markets, there is an unambiguous cost associated with the use of a durable for a single period.

Antonyms

• nondurable