TENABLE Synonyms

• worthy of acceptance or satisfactory

• judged to be in conformity with approved usage

• meeting requirements

• adequate for the purpose

• capable of being believed

• (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous

• appearing to merit belief or acceptance

• capable of being defended

• capable of being justified

• of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

• based on known statements or events or conditions

• in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

• authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

• make legal

• show or affirm to be just and legitimate

• make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

• capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning

• marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

• based on known statements or events or conditions

• capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner

• capable of being maintained

• apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing

• given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments

• consistent with or based on or using reason

• capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers

• an integer or a fraction

• of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

• having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion)

• showing reason or sound judgment

• not excessive or extreme

• marked by sound judgment; having good reason

• worthy of reliance or trust

• worthy of being depended on

• conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

• of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous

• entirely of one substance with no holes inside

• matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure

• the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

• a three-dimensional object, structurally rigid, usually resistant to changes of shape or volume

• characterized by good substantial quality

• of one substance or character throughout

• uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks

• providing abundant nourishment

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• having length, breadth and thickness

• impenetrable for the eye

• financially dependable

• of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial

• meriting respect or esteem

• of the same color throughout

• acting together as a single undiversified whole

• financially secure and safe

• in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

• the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

• the subjective sensation of hearing something

• mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

• the sudden occurrence of an audible event

• the audible part of a transmitted signal

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• a large ocean inlet or deep bay

• exercising or showing good judgment

• in excellent physical condition

• logically valid

• having legal efficacy or force

• vigorous or severe

• free from moral defect

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• complete; thorough

• appear in a certain way

• make a certain noise or sound

• give off a certain sound or sounds

• announce by means of a sound

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• cause to sound

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• capable of being borne though unpleasant

• capable of being sustained

• well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force

• still legally acceptable

• capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

• capable of life or normal growth and development

• based on sound reasoning or evidence