Synonyms for tenable
ˈtɛn ə bəlten·able

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1. tenableadjective

   Antonyms:
   untenable

2. tenableadjective

   Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.

   Antonyms:
   untenable

3. tenableadjective

   Antonyms:
   untenable

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1. tenable

   Synonyms:
   maintainable, defensible, justifiable, sound, reasonable, consistent

   Antonyms:
   untenable, indefensible, unjustifiable, weak, hollow, fallacious, unreasonable, inconsistent, irrational, absurd

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1. tenable, well-foundedadjective

   based on sound reasoning or evidence

   "well-founded suspicions"

   Synonyms:
   well-founded

   Antonyms:
   unreasonable

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1. tenableadjective

   Synonyms:
   defensible, capable of being held or defended

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1. List of paraphrases for "tenable":

   defensible, arguable, sustainable, defendable, indefensible, valid, untenable

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1. Barbara Blair:

   The new law is preposterous, mentally and emotionally ill individuals should be removed from the streets, involuntarily if necessary.They should be placed in high-quality settings, institutional settings if necessary, where they get the shelter, food and care they need.Having drug addicts, a frightful condition, freely injecting drugs and passing out in public is not tenable.

2. Antony Blinken:

   And while authoritarian regimes deny access to their networks, they actively reach into others and into ours -- taking advantage of and meddling in more open societies. It's no wonder that some countries are asking whether the principles around which we've organized the internet are still relevant or still tenable.

3. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirbydistanced:

   It is simply not clear to us that there is substantive rationale for it, we will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland's proposal is a tenable one.

4. Brooklyn Nets:

   Kyrie Irving has his own belief so I respect that. But we have to make a team decision. This isn't a decision about him. This is a decision about where we go as a team, and it's just not tenable for us to have a team with a player that comes in and out, no home games, only away games. What do you do in practice then ? This week we have a whole stretch of six home games, so we won't have Kyrie Irving.

5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men-brave men-will make it so.