Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable; fit to be seen |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, attractive, becoming, decent, fit, good enough, not bad, okay*, passable, prepared, proper, satisfactory, suitable, tolerable |
| Antonyms: | ugly, unacceptable, unfit, unpresentable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | correct, right |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, apt, desirable, golden, most desirable, most fitting, preferred, presentable |
| Antonyms: | incorrect, not right |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow, straight shooting, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sufficient, tolerable |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, adequate, all right, ample, average, comfortable, common, competent, enough, fair, fair to middling, good, mediocre, middling, moderately good, passable, presentable, reasonable, respectable, right, satisfactory, sufficing, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable |
| Antonyms: | indecent, insufficient, intolerable, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | passable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, admissible |
| Synonyms: | adequate, all right, allowable, average, common, fair, fair enough, mediocre, middling, moderate, not too bad, ordinary, presentable, respectable, so-so, tolerable, unexceptional |
| Notes: | passable means 'barely satisfactory or able to be passed'; passible means 'capable of feeling or suffering' |
| Antonyms: | excellent, exceptional, superior |
| Main Entry: | personable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, sociable |
| Synonyms: | aces, affable, agreeable, all heart, all right*, amiable, attractive, charming, easygoing, good egg, gregarious, likable, nice, okay, pleasant, pleasing, presentable, sweetheart*, white-hat, winning |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, unfriendly, unsociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respectable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, honest |
| Synonyms: | admirable, appropriate, august, becoming, befitting, comely, conforming, correct, creditable, decent, decorous, dignified, done, estimable, fair, honorable, mediocre, moderate, modest, nice, ordinary, passable, presentable, proper, redoubtable, redoubted, reputable, reputed, respected, satisfactory, seemly, sublime, suitable, tolerable, upright, venerable, virtuous, well-thought-of, worthy |
| Antonyms: | bad, corrupt, dishonest, dishonorable, unrespectable, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | respectable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | substantial, ample |
| Synonyms: | appreciable, considerable, decent, fair, fairly good, good, goodly, presentable, reasonable, sensible, sizable, tidy, tolerable |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inadequate, miserly |
| Main Entry: | suitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, acceptable |
| Synonyms: | advisable, applicable, apposite, apt, becoming, befitting, commodious, condign, convenient, copacetic, correct, cut out for, deserved, due, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, good enough, handy, happy, in character, in keeping, just, kosher*, legit, meet, merited, nice, okay*, opportune, peachy, pertinent, politic, presentable, proper, reasonable, relevant, requisite, right, righteous, rightful, satisfactory, seemly, sufficient, suited, swell, up to snuff, useful, user friendly |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, unacceptable, unfitting, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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