tenable
/ˈtɛn.ə.bəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
Example Sentences
- "Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all."
- "Modern war rests on industry, and its evolution has all but abolished the "non-combatant," emptied the old idea of "innocent" trade of meaning, and made even of neutrality a barely tenable status."
- "Fitting into a tenable social position among other people requires not only the ability to simultaneously assess the nature of relationships with each person individually but also the ability to comprehend the indirect relational consequences of actions for connected relationships."
- "In short, it is not a tenable position in our tight-knit community, or in a pluralistic democracy, to ask for a kinder space and to be unkind towards others."
- "The island of Melos undoubtedly fell within his general conceptions of tenable empire for Athens."
- "In February, 1679, he was admitted "a planter" of the town and a home lot was granted him "on condition that it should have a tenable house built upon it within two years."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛn.ə.bəl/
- British English: /ˈtɛn.ə.bəl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more tenable (comparative)
most tenable (superlative)