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Synonyms for eligible

  • adjective

Most common

qualified suitable licensed choosable

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Qualified — allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something

qualified, suitable, worthy, desirable, licensed, capable, fit, choosable

Other

preferable, nubile

Antonyms

ineligible, unqualified, undesirable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something.

Related words

Word family
eligibility elite

Example sentences

  • qualified Guatemala was once qualified as a banana republic.
  • suitable This programme is not suitable for your age group.
  • licensed This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
eligiblesteady
qualifiedfalling
suitablefalling
licensedfalling
choosablesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fit1
6 letters
worthy2, nubile
7 letters
capable3
8 letters
suitable3, licensed2
9 letters
qualified3, desirable4, choosable
10 letters
preferable4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worthy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
éligible