I think Betty is eligible for a fine young man.
Source: tatoeba (33925)
Eligible
//ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl//
Synonyms for "eligible" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἱρετός adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- подходящ adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- приемлив adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Catalan
1 entries- elegible adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Danish
4 entries- attråværdig adj (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))
- kvalificeret adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- passende adj (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))
- valgbar adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Finnish
4 entries- kelpoinen adj (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))
- kelvollinen adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- oikeutettu adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- sopiva adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
French
2 entries- admissible adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- éligible adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Galician
2 entries- elixíbel adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- elixíbel adj (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))
German
4 entries- begehrt adj (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))
- berechtigt adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- geeignet adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- heiratswürdig adj (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))
Hiligaynon
1 entries- dápat adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkalmas adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- jogosult adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- megfelelő adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- partiképes adj (worthy of being chosen (for marriage))
Interlingua
1 entries- eligibile adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Italian
3 entries- eleggibile adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- idoneo adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- qualificato adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Japanese
4 entries- 有資格の adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- 適任な adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- 選ばれるべき adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- 有資格者 noun (one who is eligible)
Korean
2 entries- 적격(適格)의 adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- 적임(適任)의 adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Manx
1 entries- yn-reih adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Māori
1 entries- māraurau adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Norwegian
1 entries- egna adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- valgbar adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Polish
1 entries- gotowy adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Portuguese
1 entries- elegível adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Romanian
1 entries- eligibil adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Russian
4 entries- го́дный adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- жела́тельный adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- подходя́щий adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- приго́дный adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- podoban adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- pogodan adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- poželjan adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- prikladan adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Spanish
2 entries- eligible adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
- idóneo adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Telugu
1 entries- తగిన adj (meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Mr Frost is eligible for the post.
Source: tatoeba (34056)
Working, healthy people contribute to the reduction of medical expenses, the rise of the eligible age for benefits, and the curtailment of their costs.
Source: tatoeba (238942)
Everyone is eligible regardless of nationality.
Source: tatoeba (241431)
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