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Synonyms for acceptable
ækˈsɛp tə bəlac·cept·able
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Wiktionary
acceptableadjective
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unacceptable, inacceptableacceptableadjective
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unacceptable, inacceptableacceptableadjective
Antonyms:
unacceptable, inacceptable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
acceptable
Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.
Synonyms:
agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcomeAntonyms:
depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
acceptable
Synonyms:
grateful, pleasant, welcome, agreeable, pleasure, seasonable, gratifyingAntonyms:
ungrateful, unwelcome, disagreeable, unpleasant
Princeton's WordNet
acceptableadjective
worthy of acceptance or satisfactory
"acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"
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satisfactoryAntonyms:
bad, exceptionable, unfit, objectionable, nonstandard, unacceptableacceptableadjective
judged to be in conformity with approved usage
"acceptable English usage"
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satisfactoryAntonyms:
exceptionable, bad, unfit, nonstandard, objectionable, unacceptablesatisfactory, acceptableadjective
meeting requirements
"the step makes a satisfactory seat"
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satisfactoryAntonyms:
bad, unfit, unacceptable, exceptionable, objectionable, nonstandardacceptableadjective
adequate for the purpose
"the water was acceptable for drinking"
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satisfactoryAntonyms:
unfit, bad, objectionable, nonstandard, exceptionable, unacceptable
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List of paraphrases for "acceptable":
unacceptable, accepted, tolerable, admissible, agreeable, permissible, palatable, satisfactory, reasonable, maqbool, decent, eligible, allowable, acceptability, suitable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#685 | welcome | |
#1752 | accepted | |
#2513 | eligible | |
#2937 | reasonable | |
#3580 | suitable | |
#4192 | pleasure | |
#4670 | acceptable | |
#5538 | pleasant | |
#7256 | decent | |
#7625 | delicious | |
#8185 | satisfactory | |
#9031 | grateful | |
#11543 | satisfying | |
#12582 | delightful | |
#13559 | refreshing | |
#13604 | unacceptable | |
#14616 | allowable | |
#16939 | pleasing | |
#18347 | permissible | |
#25376 | admissible | |
#29420 | agreeable | |
#31143 | pleasurable | |
#32646 | acceptability | |
#38430 | tolerable | |
#40362 | gratifying | |
#47179 | palatable | |
#58985 | congenial | |
#151520 | seasonable | |
#199968 | maqbool |
How to use acceptable in a sentence?
Presidents have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get Germany and other rich NATO Nations to pay more toward their protection from Russia. They pay only a fraction of their cost, on top of it all, Germany just started paying Russia, the country they want protection from, Billions of Dollars for their Energy needs coming out of a new pipeline from Russia. Not acceptable ! All NATO Nations must meet their 2 % commitment, and that must ultimately go to 4 % !
Despite a concerted effort on both sides, the current financing and retail environment created significant obstacles to reaching an acceptable and fully executable agreement.
We absolutely could have stepped up and gone to the Fox execs and said how we felt about the situation, and nobody really did, and so now we are living in a culture where it's acceptable to go do things like that, whereas I think many people were very scared.
El Paso County Republican Party's beyond belief that Loring Wirbel would think it was acceptable to post something like El Paso County Republican Party.
Stop wasting jail space on prostitutes, drug users and other victimless criminals. Even if we find it morally acceptable to imprison these people for choices they make regarding their bodies, we must realize that we simply cannot afford to continue clogging the court system and the prison system with these harmless criminals.
Translations for acceptable
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- مقبولArabic
- приемлив, допустимBulgarian
- acceptableCatalan, Valencian
- přijatelnýCzech
- derbyniol, cymeradwyWelsh
- annehmbarGerman
- akcepteblaEsperanto
- aceptableSpanish
- vastuvõetavEstonian
- hyväksyttäväFinnish
- acceptableFrench
- elfogadhatóHungarian
- acceptabileInterlingua
- accettabileItalian
- קָבִילHebrew
- kemeradowCornish
- aanvaardbaar, acceptabelDutch
- antakeligNorwegian
- aceitávelPortuguese
- acceptabilRomanian
- приемлемыйRussian
- godtagbar, acceptabelSwedish
- అంగీకార యోగ్యమైనTelugu
- makbul, kabul edilebilir, uygunTurkish
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