Defensible Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-fĕnsə-bəl
Capable of being defended against armed attack
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. defendable
  2. tenable
Capable of being justified
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. excusable
  2. justifiable
  3. tenable
Antonyms:
  1. unjustifiable
  2. indefensible
  3. invalid
  4. vindicable
Appropriate by nature
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. proper
  2. permissible

Words Related to Defensible

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Defensible Sentence Examples

  • They were applied to other P Y PP uses less justifiable or defensible; they served to execute the will of the despotic master upon all who set themselves in opposition to his authority, or were decreed, more or less wisely but still arbitrarily, by a government in the best interests of society, organized for the general good.

  • This, it seems to me, is entirely defensible.

  • With this use of the word, philologically inexact, but historically quite defensible, may be compared the use of the word English, which is not exactly the language of the Angles, or of the word French, which is not exactly the language of the Franks.

  • Our space suddenly became defensible, criminals flourished as opportunities became more lucrative and the laws changed in favor of civil liberties.

  • A legally defensible system therefore needs to be created which delivers high quality people from all of the diverse communities within the UK.

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