TENABLE

tenable, well-founded

(adjective) based on sound reasoning or evidence; “well-founded suspicions”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tenable (comparative more tenable, superlative most tenable)

(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

(military) Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible

Fit for habitation, similar, or related use.

Antonyms

• untenable

• intenable

Anagrams

• Beltane

Source: Wiktionary


Ten"a*ble, a. Etym: [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.]

Definition: Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. Shak. I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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