eligible

Meaning

Adj

1. Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
2. Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).

Noun

One who is eligible.

Synonyms

suitable

fit

acceptable

qualified

appropriate

entitled

suited

competent

allowed

apt

meet

convenient

befitting

desirable

applicable

electable

germane

in question

opportune

optional

pat

proficient

proper

reasonable

right

selectable

skillful

up to

worth

idoneous

worthy of

gualified

contemplable

be wished for

legally qualified

good

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soople

able

adequate

admissible

all right

alternative

becoming

capable

commodious

congenial

congruous

correct

decent

equal to

Translations

éligible

elegible

eleggibile

appropriato

uygun

wählbar

elegível

εκλέξιμος

idoneo

geeignet

elegible

auswählbare

επιλέξιμος

wahlfähige

admissible

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“select, choose”).