allowable

Meaning

Adj

1. Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
2. Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
3. Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
4. Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
5. (obsolete) Praiseworthy.

Noun

A permitted amount or activity.

Synonyms

permissible

admissible

acceptable

licit

lawful

jake

hunky dory

legal

licensed

approval

passable

allowed

proper

right

tolerable

valid

no objection

being admissible

deductible

Translations

zulässig

admissible

ammissibile

permisible

aceptable

admisible

admissível

aceitável

toelaatbaar

consentibile

επιτρεπτός

rechtmäßig

مسموح

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈlaʊ.əbəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: allowable

In summary

From Middle English allowable, alowable, a borrowing from Old French alouable (Modern French allouable), from allouer, equivalent to allow + -able.