| English adjective: permissible | |||
| 1. | permissible that may be permitted especially as according to rule | ||
| Samples | Permissible behavior in school. A permissible tax deduction. | ||
| Synonyms | allowable | ||
| See also | tolerable | ||
| Antonyms | impermissible | ||
| 2. | permissible that may be accepted or conceded | ||
| Samples | A kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine. | ||
| Similar | admissible | ||
| Antonyms | inadmissible | ||