1. able to be traveled regularly between home and work
2. able to be changed or substituted
Usage: formal
3. able to be reduced in severity
Usage: legal

Examples

• The distance to downtown is easily commutable by train.
• She found a job that was commutable from her suburban home.
• The judge ruled that the sentence was commutable to community service.
• These vacation days are commutable to cash payment.
• The death penalty was commutable to life imprisonment.
• Living within commutable distance of the city center is expensive.