Tenable Synonyms and Antonyms

tĕnə-bəl
Worthy of trust
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sustainable
  2. impregnable
  3. trustworthy
Capable of being defended against armed attack
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. defendable
  2. defensible
  3. maintainable

Words Related to Tenable

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.

Tenable Sentence Examples

  • This award is not tenable by students of Natural Sciences.

  • But assuredly they do not include a tenable theory of the universe."

  • Unfortunately, from the tenable theory that the intensity of a sensation increases by definite additions of stimulus, Fechner was led on to postulate a unit of sensation, so that any sensation s might be regarded as composed of n units.

  • But this argument, too, is no longer tenable (see main text ).

  • That was the only tenable basis for our system of taxation.

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