Meanings
comparative more admissible · superlative most admissible · alternative admissable
- Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
1 more example
Moreover, the term [...] is well recorded in British and Australian sources from the 1840s onwards, while the earliest Anglo-Indian evidence only extends as far back as 1865 and so does not hold precedence. Thus, deriving the term from Hindustani is not chronologically admissible on present evidence.
2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 255Synonyms: abideable, supportable, tolerable, abideable, acceptable, allowable, permissible, sufferable · Antonyms: inadmissible
- artificial intelligenceDescribing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Antonyms: inadmissible
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
adjectiveDescribing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedeserving to be admitted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchadmissible
- Englishadmissible
Borrowed from Middle French admissible. Equivalent to admit + -ible
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian допустим, приемлив
- допустим (dopustim)capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- приемлив (priemliv)capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Catalan admissible
- admissiblecapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Czech přípustný
- přípustnýcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Dutch aannemelijk, acceptabel
- aannemelijkcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- acceptabelcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- toelaatbaarcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Esperanto akceptebla
- akcepteblacapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Finnish hyväksyttävä, kelvollinen
- hyväksyttäväcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- kelvollinencapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- päteväcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
French admissible
- admissiblecapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
German akzeptabel, annehmbar
- akzeptabelcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- annehmbarcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- zulässigcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Greek παραδεκτός
- παραδεκτός (paradektós)capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Hindi स्वीकार्य
- स्वीकार्य (svīkārya)capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Hungarian elfogadható
- elfogadhatócapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Icelandic leyfilegur, heimill
- leyfilegurcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- heimillcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Italian ammissibile
- ammissibilecapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Polish dopuszczalny
- dopuszczalnycapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Portuguese admissível
- admissívelcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Romanian admisibil
- admisibilcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Russian допусти́мый, прие́млемый
- допусти́мый (dopustímyj)capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- прие́млемый (prijémlemyj)capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Spanish admisible, aceptable
- admisiblecapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
- aceptablecapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Swedish tillåtlig
- tillåtligcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Welsh derbyniol
- derbyniolcapable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed
Cite this entry
admissible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admissible
“admissible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admissible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “admissible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/admissible.
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