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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tenable \ten"able\ te^n".ab'l, a. f. tenable, fr. tenir
to hold, l. tenere. see thin, and cf. continue,
continent, entertain, maintain, tenant, tent.
capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an
assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or
process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.
1913 webster
if you have hitherto concealed his sight,
let it be tenable in your silence still. --shak.
1913 webster
i would be the last man in the world to give up his
cause when it was tenable. --sir w.
scott.
1913 webster
see also:
thin continue continent entertain maintain tenant
tent
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tenable
adj : based on sound reasoning or evidence; "a reasonable
argument"; "well-founded suspicions" syn: well-founded
see also:
well-founded
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 moby thesaurus words for "tenable":
ok, acceptable, admissible, agreeable, all right, alright,
arguable, believable, colorable, conceivable, condonable, credible,
creditable, defendable, defensible, excusable, fiduciary,
good enough, imaginable, impregnable, justifiable, maintainable,
okay, passable, plausible, possible, rational, reasonable,
reliable, secure, supportable, trustworthy, trusty,
unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, unquestionable,
viable, vindicable, warrantable, workable, worthy of faith
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