admissible
/ədˈmɪsəbəl/ adjective
Forms admissable
- adjective Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
- adjective (artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Synonyms
abideable supportable tolerable acceptable allowable permissible sufferable
Antonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French admissible. Equivalent to admit + -ible
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible.
Etymology [F. admissible, LL. admissibilis. See Admit.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “admissible”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details