allowable

20 synonyms and 1 antonym for allowable, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Suitable and acceptable in the circumstances.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

correct proper appropriate fit reasonable likely acceptable legitimate

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

apt permissible legit

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

apposite apropos decorous felicitous supportable admissible licit tolerable sufferable

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Suitable and acceptable in the circumstances.

correct proper apposite apropos apt appropriate decorous felicitous permissible fit

2. adj

Reasonable enough to be accepted as true or likely.

reasonable likely

3. adj

Allowed by the rules and not objected to.

“New HISA regulations, implemented last month, include strict rules about withdrawal times and allowable medication levels on race day.”

acceptable legitimate supportable admissible licit legit tolerable sufferable

Opposites

illegitimate

Etymology

This word came into English as Middle English allowable, alowable, borrowed from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer; it is equivalent to allow + -able.

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