What does tenable mean?

tenable means "based on sound reasoning or evidence".

How many syllables are in tenable?

tenable has 3 syllables: ten-a-ble. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnəbəl/.

What is another word for tenable?

Close synonyms include well-founded. 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 tenable a common word?

tenable 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.

What rhymes with tenable?

1 word rhymes with tenable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Tenable — meaning and how to say it: TEN-uh-buhl

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
based on sound reasoning or evidence
“well-founded suspicions”
Synonymswell-founded
Similarreasonable

Questions about tenable

What does tenable mean?: tenable means "based on sound reasoning or evidence".
How many syllables are in tenable?: tenable has 3 syllables: ten-a-ble. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnəbəl/.
What is another word for tenable?: Close synonyms include well-founded. 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 tenable a common word?

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