'Tenable' definitions:
Definition of 'tenable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions" [syn: tenable, well-founded]
Definition of 'Tenable'
From: GCIDE
- Tenable \Ten"a*ble\ (t[e^]n"[.a]*b'l), a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.] Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. [1913 Webster]
- If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tenable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptable,
- admissible,
- agreeable,
- all right,
- alright,
- arguable,
- believable,
- colorable,
- conceivable,
- condonable,
- credible,
- creditable,
- defendable,
- defensible,
- excusable,
- fiduciary,
- good enough,
- imaginable,
- impregnable,
- justifiable,
- maintainable,
- OK,
- okay,
- passable,
- plausible,
- possible,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- reliable,
- secure,
- supportable,
- trustworthy,
- trusty,
- unexceptionable,
- unimpeachable,
- unobjectionable,
- unquestionable,
- viable,
- vindicable,
- warrantable,
- workable,
- worthy of faith