Tenable

What do we mean by tenable?

Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible. adjective

Capable of being held against assault; defensible. adjective

Capable of enduring or of being tolerated. adjective

Capable of being held, maintained, or defended successfully against an assailant; successfully defensible against attacks or arguments or objections: as, a tenable fortress; a tenable theory.

Held; retained; kept secret or inviolate.

Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process. adjective

Capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded adjective

Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible adjective

Based on sound reasoning or evidence adjective

(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible

Fit for habitation, similar, or related use.

Words that are spelled similarly to tenable:
tenable, enable, venable, tunable, renable, tenably.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tenable:
nessus, hypothesis, theories, scholarship, argument, withdrew, solution, positions, claim, oxford, security, view, candidate, languages, basis, position, theory.

Words that rhyme with tenable:
amenable, untenable, venable.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tenable:
least, such, only, long, less, more, little, second, alternative, scarce, present, longer, judicial, seventh, special, organic, moral, ideal, meteoritic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tenable:
position, hypothesis, theory, ground, view, explanation, argument, proposition, assumption, solution, hypotheses, grounds, conclusion, interpretation, basis, positions, distinction, opinion, alternative, objection, point, reason, conclusions, form, philosophy, account, definition, conception, answer, doctrine, supposition, theories, approach, concept, idea, thesis, meaning, explanations, arguments, attitude, claim, model, option, line, principle, alternatives, case, views, assumptions, policy, belief, ones, post, solutions, reasons, excuse, condition, notion, foundation, interpretations, situation, diagnosis, arrangement, suggestion, principles, justification, viewpoint, generalizations, objections, ideas, strategy, claims, commitments, answers, goal, beliefs, concepts, defence, version, sort, options, frontier, compromise, faith, propositions, possibility.

Consonant match to tenable:
tunable, tannable, tuneable.

Words that sound like tenable:
tenable, tunable, tannable, tuneable, tamable, turnable, donable, touchable, terrible, tangible, attainable, teachable, winnable, trainable, stainable, tearable, tennis ball, t-mobile, t mobile, tellable, tennisball, terribile, towable, venable, penible, tumble, tillable, timbal, timbale, tannahill, tymbal, hannibal, triable, hummable, trouble, temple, deniable, tensile, tempel, untenable, tameable, tennille, teneral, minable, tencel, tent pole, totable, runnable, tollable, time-table, intenable, tenebre, tobal, tannehill, cannibal, annabelle, doable, amenable, inable, diable, danceable, delible, cannibale, finable, manable, annibal, fineable, gainable, loanable, drainable, honey bell, sanable, mineable, tunnel, treble, tinsel, tunnell, tunel, tribble, trible, timple, tindall, tyndall, tindal, tindle, terminable, tindel, tindell, dinner bell, tintle, twibil, huntable, tenial, denial, decibel, annabel, annabell, anibal, attachable, bannable.