Tenable and Unexplainable

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Tenable adjective - Capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack.

Usage example: the tenable theory that a giant meteor strike set off a chain of events resulting in the demise of the dinosaurs

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Unexplainable is an antonym for tenable.

Unexplainable adjective - Impossible to explain.

Usage example: a series of unexplainable weather events

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Tenable is an antonym for unexplainable.

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Unexplainable and Tenable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tenable/unexplainable

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