Synonyms for tenable
- adjective
Most common
reasonable plausible defensible supportable impregnable maintainable
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Defensible
defensible, reasonable, plausible, supportable, justifiable, well-founded
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
Related words
- Word family
- tenableness
Example sentences
- reasonable If the price is reasonable, I want to buy the car.
- plausible I still think that that's the most plausible reason.
- defensible His logic is in no way defensible.
- impregnable Islam will remain an impregnable fortress against wokeism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tenable | falling | |
| reasonable | falling | |
| plausible | rising | |
| defensible | steady | |
| supportable | falling | |
| impregnable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- plausible3
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, defensible4
- 11 letters
- justifiable5, impregnable4, supportable4
- 12 letters
- maintainable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (plausible3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tenable
- Deutsch
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