defensibleadjective
uk/dɪˈfen.sə.bəl/us/dɪˈfen.sə.bəl/US also defendableable to be protected from attack, or able to be supported by argument:
A city built on an island is easily defensible.
High petrol taxes are defensible on ecological grounds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- countenance
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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