Synonyms for allowable
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Permissible — permissible; tolerable; legitimate
permissible, admissible, acceptable, tolerable, legal, legitimate, licit, justifiable, lawful, supportable, legit, warrantable, admittable, rightful, sufferable dated, leveful dated
2. Reasonable — intellectually admissible; valid; probable
4. Laudable — praiseworthy
Definitions
- adj. 1
Appropriate; acceptable.
- adj. 2
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
- adj. 3
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
- adj. 4
Praiseworthy.
Related words
- Word family
- allowableness allowably
Example sentences
- acceptable It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
- permissible Ziri doesn't eat pork. It's not permissible in Islam.
- tolerable All sorrows should be tolerable, even if they are great.
- admissible Such evidence is not generally admissible in court.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| allowable | falling | |
| acceptable | falling | |
| permissible | falling | |
| tolerable | falling | |
| admissible | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- legal2, legit2, licit
- 6 letters
- likely2, proper2, lawful2
- 7 letters
- leveful
- 8 letters
- rightful2, laudable3, apposite
- 9 letters
- tolerable4
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, acceptable4, legitimate4, admissible4, sufferable, admittable
- 11 letters
- respectable4, permissible4, justifiable5, commendable4, supportable4, warrantable, applaudable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (legal2 = 2 syllables).