tenable

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore T words

able to be defended or maintained against objection

In a sentence

Tenable in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing tenable in a sentence.

Once new evidence emerged, his original hypothesis was no longer tenable.

Synonyms

defensiblejustifiablesoundviable

Antonyms

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Tenable (adjective) means able to be defended or maintained against objection

Here is tenable used in an example sentence: "Once new evidence emerged, his original hypothesis was no longer tenable."

Common synonyms for tenable include defensible, justifiable, sound, viable.

Antonyms of tenable include untenable, indefensible, weak.

Tenable is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.