defendable

1. 1.

   capable of being defended

   Synonymsdefensible

   Similarinvulnerable

Questions about defendable

What does defendable mean?

defendable means "capable of being defended".

How many syllables are in defendable?

defendable has 4 syllables: de-fen-da-ble. The stress falls on "fen".

What is another word for defendable?

Close synonyms include defensible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defendable a common word?

defendable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.