permissible
AdjectiveUS[per-mis-uh-buhl]/pɚˈmɪsəbəl/4 syllables
Synonyms:
allowable
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- that may be permitted especially as according to rule“permissible behavior in school”“a permissible tax deduction”Synonyms: allowableSee also tolerable
- that may be accepted or conceded“a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine”Opposite inadmissibleSimilar admissible
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Per·mis′si·ble adjective
That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. — Per·mis′wb-a1′>′si·ble·ness, noun — Per·mis′wb-a1′>′si·bly, adverb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54