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admissible

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ədˈmɪsəbəl/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abideable, supportable, tolerable, acceptable, admissible, allowable, permissible, sufferable

Antonyms: inadmissible

2

adj

Meaning 2

Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: artificial intelligence

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inadmissible

3

adjective

Meaning 3

deserving to be admitted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • admissible evidence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inadmissible

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admissible. Equivalent to admit + -ible

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: прыма́льны (prymálʹny) — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Bulgarian: допустим (dopustim) — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Bulgarian: приемлив (priemliv) — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Catalan: admissible — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Cornish: avowadow — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Czech: přípustný — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Dutch: aannemelijk — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Dutch: acceptabel — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Dutch: toelaatbaar — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Esperanto: akceptebla — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Faroese: loyviligur — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Finnish: hyväksyttävä — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Finnish: kelvollinen — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Finnish: pätevä — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • French: admissible — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Galician: admisíbel — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • German: akzeptabel — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • German: annehmbar — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • German: zulässig — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Greek: παραδεκτός (paradektós) — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Hindi: स्वीकार्य (svīkārya) — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Hungarian: elfogadható — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Icelandic: leyfilegur — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Icelandic: heimill — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Italian: ammissibile — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Papiamentu: akseptabel — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Polish: dopuszczalny — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Portuguese: admissível — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Romanian: admisibil — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Russian: допусти́мый (dopustímyj) — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Russian: прие́млемый (prijémlemyj) — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Spanish: admisible — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Spanish: aceptable — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Swedish: tillåtlig — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
  • Welsh: derbyniol — capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Real reading context

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