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adj
Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: defensible, excusable, justifiable, pardonable, tenable, upholdable
Antonyms: indefensible, insupportable, unsupportable
adj
Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: allowable, bearable, sufferable, abideable, acceptable, admissible, permissible, supportable, tolerable, endurable, livable, portable, survivable, withstandable
Antonyms: insupportable, intolerable, unabideable, unbearable, unsupportable
adjective satellite
capable of being borne though unpleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bearable, endurable, sufferable
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English supportable, equivalent to support + -able, or possibly from Middle French supportable.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
