warrantable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈwɔr.ən.tə.bəl/ UK /ˈwɒr.ən.tə.bəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj able to be justified or defended; permissible The judge ruled the search a warrantable response to the threat. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to be justified or... justifiabledefensiblepermissibleallowablelegitimateexcusable ↔ Opposites unwarrantableunjustifiableindefensibleimpermissible Word family Derived forms warrantablywarrantableness Related forms warrantwarrantyguarantee Etymology AI details From warrant (from Old North French warant 'protector, guarantee', of Germanic origin) plus the suffix -able. warant Middle English *werō Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # warrantable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈwɔr.ən.tə.bəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwɒr.ən.tə.bəl/ ## Meanings 1. able to be justified or defended; permissible ## Examples - The judge ruled the search a warrantable response to the threat. ## Synonyms - justifiable - defensible - permissible - allowable - legitimate - excusable ## Antonyms - unwarrantable - unjustifiable - indefensible - impermissible ## Derived Forms - warrantably - warrantableness ## Related Forms - warrant - warranty - guarantee ## Roots and Affixes - Root: warant - Root: *werō ## Etymology From warrant (from Old North French warant 'protector, guarantee', of Germanic origin) plus the suffix -able. ## AI Etymology Warrantable comes from warrant (from Old North French warant 'protector, guarantee', of Germanic origin) plus the suffix -able. In current use it is an adjective meaning "able to be justified or defended; permissible". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The suffix -able gives the word a sense of capability, fitness, or susceptibility. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The historical chain includes Old French warant and Proto-Germanic *werō. Related English forms include warrant, warranty, and guarantee. Derived forms include warrantably and warrantableness. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown