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Synonyms for permissible
pərˈmɪs ə bəlper·mis·si·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
permissible, allowableadjective
that may be permitted especially as according to rule
"permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"
Synonyms:
allowableAntonyms:
unmentionable, verboten, out(p), impermissible, forbidden, proscribed, taboo, inadmissible, untouchable, tabu, prohibitedpermissibleadjective
that may be accepted or conceded
"a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"
Synonyms:
allowableAntonyms:
impermissible, forbidden, out(p), unmentionable, untouchable, tabu, taboo, verboten, proscribed, prohibited, inadmissible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
permissibleadjective
Synonyms:
allowable, admissible, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "permissible":
admissible, eligible, allowable, authorized, qualifying, permitted, allowed, acceptable, authorised, tolerable, tolerated, qualified, licit, qualify
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1846 | allowed | |
#2513 | eligible | |
#3303 | authorized | |
#3344 | qualified | |
#4482 | permitted | |
#4670 | acceptable | |
#6428 | qualify | |
#8962 | qualifying | |
#10143 | authorised | |
#14616 | allowable | |
#18347 | permissible | |
#19447 | tolerated | |
#25376 | admissible | |
#38430 | tolerable | |
#129433 | licit |
How to use permissible in a sentence?
You attack a police officer, you harm, injure and kill a law enforcement officer, you should be held accountable to the highest level permissible by law.
Certainly, itsnot permissible to use an LLC or any other kind of LLC or any other kind of intermediary to conceal the recipient or purpose of a PACs spending, the law requires the PACto report who it disperses money to. You canttry to evade that by routing it through an LLC or corporation or anyone else.
We need in future a climate in which problems aren't hidden but can be openly communicated to superiors, we need a culture in which it's possible and permissible to argue with your superior about the best way to go.
There are situations in which torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory.
I think we should be very concerned and I think we should be concerned about the Chinese law that makes this permissible, i think it should become a major element of State Department policy to try to straighten this out before we proceed and have real problems because Huawei has been very assertive.
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