Meanings
adjectiveeligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)
comparative more eligible · superlative most eligible
- Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something.
Synonyms: choosable, licensed, qualified · Antonyms: ineligible, unqualified
nouneligible (plural eligibles)
plural eligibles
- One who is eligible.
Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring.
2007 October 3, Diane Ravitch, “Get Congress Out of the Classroom”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAllowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivequalified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latineligibilis
- Middle Frencheligible
- Englisheligible
From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“to select, to choose”).
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek αἱρετός
- αἱρετός (hairetós)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Bulgarian приемлив, подходящ
- приемлив (priemliv)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- подходящ (podhodjašt)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Catalan elegible
- elegiblemeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Danish valgbar, kvalificeret
- valgbarmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- kvalificeretmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- passendeworthy of being chosen (for marriage)
- attråværdigworthy of being chosen (for marriage)
Finnish oikeutettu, sovelias
- oikeutettumeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- soveliasmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- sopivameeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- kelvollinenmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- kelpoinenworthy of being chosen (for marriage)
French éligible, admissible
- éligiblemeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- admissiblemeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
German berechtigt, infrage kommend
- berechtigtmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- infrage kommendmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- geeignetmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- zulässigmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- zulassungsfähigmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- heiratswürdigworthy of being chosen (for marriage)
- begehrtworthy of being chosen (for marriage)
- Berechtigteone who is eligible
Hungarian jogosult, alkalmas
- jogosultmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- alkalmasmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- megfelelőmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- szóba jöhetőmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- partiképesworthy of being chosen (for marriage)
Italian eleggibile, idoneo
- eleggibilemeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- idoneomeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- qualificatomeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Japanese 適任な, 有資格の
- 適任な (tekinin na)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- 有資格の (yūshikaku no)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- 選ばれるべき (erabareru beki)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- 有資格者 (yūshikakusha)one who is eligible
Korean 적격(適格)의, 적임(適任)의
- 적격(適格)의 (jeokgyeog-ui)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- 적임(適任)의 (jeogim-ui)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Māori māraurau
- mārauraumeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Norwegian egna
- egnameeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Norwegian Bokmål valgbar
- valgbarmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Polish gotowy
- gotowymeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Portuguese elegível
- elegívelmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Romanian eligibil
- eligibilmeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Russian го́дный, приго́дный
- го́дный (gódnyj)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- приго́дный (prigódnyj)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- жела́тельный (želátelʹnyj)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- подходя́щий (podxodjáščij)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- прие́млемый (prijémlemyj)meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Spanish idóneo, eligible
- idóneomeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
- eligiblemeeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
Cite this entry
APA
eligible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eligible
MLA
“eligible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eligible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eligible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eligible.
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