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[ ten-uh-buhl ] / ˈtɛn ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tenable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecapable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute: a tenable theory. capable of being occupied, possessed, held, or enjoyed, as under certain conditions: a research grant tenable for two years. Origin of tenable1570–80; <French: that can be held, equivalent to ten(ir) to hold (≪ Latin tenēre) + -able-able SYNONYMS FOR tenable1 workable, viable, maintainable, warrantable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tenable ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tenableten·a·bil·i·ty, ten·a·ble·ness, nounten·a·bly, adverbnon·ten·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·ten·a·ble, adjective non·ten·a·ble·ness, nounnon·ten·a·bly, adverb Words nearby tenabletempus edax rerum, tempus fugit, Tempyō, Temuco, ten, tenable, tenace, tenacious, tenacity, ten-acre block, tenaculum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tenableThe shift has happened so suddenly and seismically that, to many people, the alternative no longer even appears tenable. There is no such thing as ‘apolitical culture’|rhhackettfortune|September 30, 2020|Fortune Employee dumping is when employers find it tenable to pay the per-employee penalty for not providing health insurance. Five Things You Need to Know About the Health-Care Exchange Rollout|William O’Connor|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST That does not mean it is practical, advisable, tenable, moral or that it should be perpetual. Seeking A Realistic Mature Discussion About "Settlements"|Gil Troy|February 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST On the other hand, an exclusive focus on satisfaction is not tenable either. Daniel Kahneman Talks Intuition and Optimism With Sam Harris|Sam Harris|November 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Scholarships and Exhibitions shall be tenable only for the purposes of education. A History of Giggleswick School|Edward Allen Bell This view of things is the only tenable attitude an officer or enlisted leader can take toward his subordinates. The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense But, frankly, none of these hypotheses appear to me to be tenable; the mystery does not lie so plainly on the surface. In Jeopardy|Van Tassel Sutphen Theydon was no lawyer, but he was assured that an agreement founded on positive wrong was not tenable, legally or morally. Number Seventeen|Louis Tracy Moreover, all his Colonels assured him that the wall was not tenable against a vigorous assault. Rupert Prince Palatine|Eva Scott
British Dictionary definitions for tenable
adjectiveable to be upheld, believed, maintained, or defended Derived forms of tenabletenability or tenableness, nountenably, adverbWord Origin for tenableC16: from Old French, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tenableplausible, defensible, justifiable, arguable, rational, believable, credible, excusable, impregnable, reliable, secure, sound, strong, trustworthy, viable, condonable, defendable, maintainable, vindicable, warrantable |