permissible
Within the rules
Permissible means allowed or acceptable, especially according to rules, laws, or standards: Is it permissible to park here overnight?
The word often appears in formal or legal contexts where boundaries of acceptable conduct are being defined: permissible levels of noise, permissible uses of the land.
Something permissible may not be encouraged—just not forbidden.
Sanctioned by authority
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- authorizedGiven official permission
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- licensedGranted official permission
granted · warranted · cleared · admissible · licit · legalized · entitled · exempt
Permitted by statute
- legitimateConforming to accepted standards
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
regulatory · codified · jurisdictional · licit · within the law · decriminalized · actionable · prescribed
Able to be endured
- reasonableShowing sound judgment
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
sufficient · unobjectionable · palatable · agreeable · suitable · appropriate · fair · decent
Able to be defended
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- conscientiousScrupulously careful and thorough
- righteousMorally good, justified
equitable · just · fair · decent · honorable · proper · defensible · warranted
allowable
Sanctioned by authority
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
- authorizedGiven official permission
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
licensed · granted · warranted · cleared · admissible · licit · legalized · entitled · exempt · ratified
lawful
Permitted by statute
- legitimateConforming to accepted standards
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
compliant · regulatory · codified · jurisdictional · licit · within the law · decriminalized · actionable · prescribed · mandated
tolerable
Able to be endured
- reasonableShowing sound judgment
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- adequateBarely meeting standards
passable · sufficient · unobjectionable · palatable · agreeable · suitable · appropriate · fair · decent · congenial
justifiable
Able to be defended
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- conscientiousScrupulously careful and thorough
righteous · equitable · just · fair · decent · honorable · proper · defensible · warranted · excusable
- obligationmandatory, obligatory, required, compulsory, optional
- halalhalal, halal meat, halal chicken, halal beef, halal products
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
- modalitycan, modals, could, may, might
- Islamic jurisprudenceijma, Islamic law, Sharia, sharia court, fatwa
- Islamic Lawsharia, Sharia, Shariah, Islamic law, fatwa
permissibleforbidden
Not allowed
prohibited · impermissible · banned · disallowed · proscribed
permissibleunacceptable
Not meeting required standards
taboo · tabu · intolerable · objectionable · inadmissible