Synonyms for supportable
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Endurable — capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable
endurable, tolerable, bearable, acceptable, allowable, admissible, livable US, liveable UK, abideable, permissible, sufferable dated
2. Tenable — capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended
tenable, defensible, justifiable, excusable, pardonable, upholdable
Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.
- adj. 2
Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable.
Example sentences
- acceptable It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
- tolerable All sorrows should be tolerable, even if they are great.
- defensible His logic is in no way defensible.
- tenable Tom denies his position isn't tenable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supportable | falling | |
| acceptable | falling | |
| tolerable | falling | |
| allowable | falling | |
| endurable | steady | |
| defensible | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- livable3, tenable3
- 8 letters
- bearable3, liveable
- 9 letters
- tolerable4, allowable4, excusable4, endurable, abideable
- 10 letters
- acceptable4, admissible4, defensible4, pardonable, sufferable, upholdable
- 11 letters
- permissible4, justifiable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (livable3 = 3 syllables).