supportable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /səˈpɔrtəbl/ UK /səˈpɔːtəbl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
capable of being upheld, endured, or justified

The claim was barely supportable on the evidence presented.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · capable of being upheld,... bearable endurable tolerable sustainable defensible justifiable tenable

Opposites

insupportable unbearable intolerable indefensible

Word family

Derived forms supportablysupportability

Related forms support supporter supportive

Etymology

From support (from Old French supporter, from Latin supportare 'to carry, bring up', from sub- 'up from under' + portare 'to carry') plus the suffix -able.

supportare Latin portāre Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# supportable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /səˈpɔrtəbl/
**IPA (UK):** /səˈpɔːtəbl/

## Meanings
1. capable of being upheld, endured, or justified

## Examples
- The claim was barely supportable on the evidence presented.

## Synonyms
- bearable
- endurable
- tolerable
- sustainable
- defensible
- justifiable
- tenable

## Antonyms
- insupportable
- unbearable
- intolerable
- indefensible

## Derived Forms
- supportably
- supportability

## Related Forms
- support
- supporter
- supportive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: supportare
- Root: portāre

## Etymology
From support (from Old French supporter, from Latin supportare 'to carry, bring up', from sub- 'up from under' + portare 'to carry') plus the suffix -able.

## AI Etymology
Supportable is from support (from Old French supporter, from Latin supportare 'to carry, bring up', from sub- 'up from under' + portare 'to carry') plus the suffix -able. Important recorded forms include supportare (Latin) and portāre (Latin). Morphologically, the sub- element contributes the sense of under, below, secondary status, or movement from beneath, with the base naming the field of application. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers capable of being upheld, endured, or justified. The wider family includes derived forms such as supportably and supportability and related words such as support, supporter, and supportive.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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