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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permissible |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, admissible, legal, legitimate, proper |
| Antonyms: | impermissible, prohibited |
| Main Entry: | grammatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pertaining to syntax |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, allowable, correct, linguistic, morphological, phonological, semantic, syntactic, well- formed |
| Antonyms: | solecistic, ungrammatical |
| Main Entry: | justifiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, well-founded |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, admissible, allowable, condonable, defensible, excusable, fair, fit, forgivable, lawful, legit, legitimate, licit, logical, pardonable, probable, proper, reasonable, remissible, right, rightful, sound, suitable, tenable, understandable, valid, vindicable, warrantable |
| Antonyms: | unjustifiable, unreasonable, unwarranted |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessible; not forbidden |
| Synonyms: | admissible, agreeable, allowable, approachable, appropriate, attainable, available, employable, fit, free, general, getable, nondiscriminatory, not posted, obtainable, on deck, on tap, open-door, operative, permitted, practicable, proper, public, reachable, securable, suitable, to be had, unconditional, unoccupied, unqualified, unrestricted, usable, vacant, welcoming, within reach |
| Antonyms: | blocked, closed, inaccessible, obstructed, shut, unavailable |
| Main Entry: | passable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, admissible |
| Synonyms: | adequate, all right, allowable, average, common, fair, fair enough, mediocre, middling, moderate, not too bad, ordinary, presentable, respectable, so-so, tolerable, unexceptional |
| Notes: | passable means 'barely satisfactory or able to be passed'; passible means 'capable of feeling or suffering' |
| Antonyms: | excellent, exceptional, superior |
| Main Entry: | relevant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate; to the purpose |
| Synonyms: | accordant, ad rem, admissible, allowable, applicable, applicatory, apposite, appurtenant, apt, becoming, cognate, compatible, concerning, conformant, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, correlated, correspondent, fit, fitting, germane, harmonious, having direct bearing on, having to do with, important, material, on the button, on the nose, pat, pertaining to, pertinent, pointful, proper, referring, related, relative, significant, suitable, suited, to the point, weighty |
| Notes: | germane and relevant indicate pertinence to a matter, but may not be essential; material means pertinent and necessary relevant means 'worthy of raising in the context of discussion'; pertinent means 'applicable to the point at issue' |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, irrelevant, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | tolerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, good enough |
| Synonyms: | adequate, all right, allowable, average, bearable, better than nothing, common, decent, endurable, fair, fair to middling, fairly good, goodish, indifferent, livable, mediocre, middling, not bad, okay*, ordinary, passable, presentable, respectable, run-of-the-mill, satisfactory, so-so, sufferable, sufficient, supportable, sustainable, tidy, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable |
| Antonyms: | bad, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | venial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pardonable |
| Synonyms: | all right, allowable, defensible, excusable, explainable, forgivable, justifiable, minor, not serious, not too bad, okay, permissible, slight, tolerable, trivial, understandable |
| Notes: | venal is 'corruptible, unscrupulous'; venial is 'forgivable; not criminal' |
| Main Entry: | permitted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | granted |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, accorded, allowable, allowed, approved, authorized, chartered, conceded, consented, favored, legalized, let, licensed, okay, sanctioned, tolerated |
| Antonyms: | denied, prohibited, refused, unacceptable |
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