Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for respectable. Search instead for respektabel.
Definitions

respectable

[ri-spek-tuh-buhl] / rɪˈspɛk tə bəl /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

On Sunday evening, a respectable crowd showed up in the Mojave Tent to pay their respects to the Godfather of Punk, who first played Coachella in a reunion with the Stooges in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Here, Coppola brings her respectable, confident disregard for the outsider’s opinion to the documentary format, churning out a film that feels proud but not pretentious.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

"This is a job that is more difficult than it looks. Claudia, despite her self-mockery and nerves, put in a respectable first shift," she wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

“The Complex” works instead by painstaking accretion—or rather, by erosion, recording in granular detail all the lies and violations that eat away at the Chopras’ respectable facade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

It may have been Galileo, in Salusbury’s translations, who made Digby’s usage respectable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




Vocabulary lists containing respectable