Is enabler a word

Answer 1

Yes, 'enabler' is a word. English words are allowed to be made up, by ancient convention, and also as guaranteed, in the US, under the First Amendment. (I'm not being funny, some nations specifically forbid making up words.)

It does take one other thing, other than just making it up. It has to "catch on". Thus words that weren't words 100 years ago - like "cool", "groovy" or "rap" - are words now, and are in the dictionary.

The word "enabler" appears in English dictionaries, for example, Oxford. It is listed as a derivative of the verb "enable". "Enable" is the verb form, "Enabler" is a noun, for one who 'enables'.

The word 'enabler' is commonly used as a noun to describe a person, organization or thing which enables another to achieve or activate something.

The term is recorded in English back to 1615, though it would have been in use prior to that date.

A previously more common usage of the word was to describe a person who makes it possible for another to adopt or maintain what might be considered as bad or harmful habits or dependencies. Current usage is more likely to be in terms of business, training, and so on.

For example:

They have hired a professional to work with the team as an enabler until the transitional period is over.

Prime enablers of this struggling country have been the US and the UK.

When is the enabler available to take discussion on the new software?

The enabler, in this case, is co-dependent to the addict.

Enable isn't be a word, at least not at present, in the ajectival sense of 'being more enabled'.