allowable
Okay by rules
Allowable describes what is permitted or acceptable within certain rules or limits: allowable deductions on your tax return, the maximum allowable speed.
The word often appears in legal, regulatory, or technical contexts where boundaries are formally defined.
Something allowable may be tolerated rather than encouraged—permitted but not necessarily welcomed.
Sanctioned by authority
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
authorized · approved · legitimate · lawful · legal · valid · licensed · warranted
Meeting minimum standards
- tolerableAble to be endured
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
reasonable · sufficient · decent · fair · moderate · bearable · endurable · unobjectionable
permissible
Sanctioned by authority
- permittedGranted leave to proceed
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
sanctioned · authorized · approved · legitimate · lawful · legal · valid · licensed · warranted · certified
acceptable
Meeting minimum standards
- tolerableAble to be endured
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
passable · reasonable · sufficient · decent · fair · moderate · bearable · endurable · unobjectionable · palatable
maximum
Greatest permitted quantity
ceiling · limit · deduction · expense · tolerance · dosage · margin · variance · quota · allocation
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
- justificationsjustification, rationale, reason, excuse, explanation
- blamelessinnocent, guiltless, faultless, blameless, cleared
allowableunacceptable
Not meeting required standards
intolerable · objectionable · impermissible · unbearable · inadmissible
allowableforbidden
Not allowed
prohibited · banned · impermissible · disallowed · barred
- allowable deductionsExpenses reducing tax burden