tenable
adjective
[ ˈtɛnəb(ə)l ]
• able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
• "such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable"
Similar:
defensible,
justifiable,
defendable,
supportable,
sustainable,
maintainable,
arguable,
able to hold water,
reasonable,
rational,
sound,
viable,
workable,
plausible,
credible,
believable,
conceivable,
acceptable,
imaginable,
• (of an office, position, scholarship, etc.) able to be held or used.
• "a scholarship of £200 per annum tenable for three years"
Origin:
late 16th century: from French, from tenir ‘to hold’, from Latin tenere .
