Synonyms for admissible
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Permissible — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable
permissible, allowable, acceptable, lawful, justifiable, supportable, tolerable, passable, warrantable, admittable, abideable
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
Related words
- Word family
- admissibleness admissibly admissibility admission admit
- Other spellings
- admissable
Example sentences
- acceptable It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
- lawful We need to handle this in a lawful manner.
- permissible Ziri doesn't eat pork. It's not permissible in Islam.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| admissible | falling | |
| acceptable | falling | |
| lawful | falling | |
| permissible | falling | |
| allowable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- lawful2
- 8 letters
- possible3, passable3
- 9 letters
- tolerable4, allowable4, abideable
- 10 letters
- acceptable4, admittable, concedable
- 11 letters
- permissible4, justifiable5, supportable4, warrantable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lawful2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- admissible
- Italiano
- ammissibile
- Deutsch
- zulässig