Meaning & use

Mentionable

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Suitable, proper, or acceptable to be mentioned or spoken about openly.

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Not every detail of the negotiation is mentionable in a public statement.

He kept his salary mentionable only to his closest friends.

A note on using this word

The word is far more commonly encountered in its negative form, 'unmentionable', than on its own.

Words with an opposite meaning

unmentionable

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