Synonyms for acceptable
- adjective
Most common
good satisfactory decent reasonable tolerable permissible unobjectionable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Satisfactory — barely worthy, less than excellent; passable
good, satisfactory, decent, reasonable, not bad, passable, okay, suitable, adequate, good enough, not half bad, sufficient, fair, respectable, fit, all right, average, moral, snug
2. Tolerable — capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; welcome; gratifying; pleasing to a…
tolerable, permissible, agreeable, standard, desirable, pleasing, allowable, legitimate, valid, pleasant, true, supportable, comfortable, up to standard UK, satisfying, delightful, gratifying, welcome, admissible, ordinary, legit, regular
3. Unobjectionable
Other
understandable, fit for purpose UK AU
Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; welcome; gratifying; pleasing to a receiver.
We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
- adj. 2
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
Related words
- Word family
- acceptableness acceptably acceptability
Choose the right word
Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- reasonable If the price is reasonable, I want to buy the car.
- decent No decent human being could possibly believe this.
- satisfactory His proposal is far from being satisfactory to us.
- passable It's passable. Nothing out of the ordinary.
- permissible Ziri doesn't eat pork. It's not permissible in Islam.
- tolerable All sorrows should be tolerable, even if they are great.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| acceptable | falling | |
| reasonable | falling | |
| decent | rising | |
| satisfactory | falling | |
| passable | rising | |
| permissible | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fit1
- 4 letters
- good1, true1, okay2, fair1, snug1
- 5 letters
- moral2, valid2, legit2
- 6 letters
- decent2
- 7 letters
- average3, welcome2, regular3
- 8 letters
- standard2, suitable3, ordinary4, pleasant2, adequate3, pleasing2, passable3
- 9 letters
- desirable4, agreeable4, tolerable4, allowable4
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, sufficient3, legitimate4, satisfying4, delightful3, gratifying4, admissible4
- 11 letters
- comfortable4, respectable4, permissible4, supportable4
- 12 letters
- satisfactory4
- 13 letters
- unimpeachable5
- 14 letters
- understandable5
- 15 letters
- unobjectionable, unexceptionable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (okay2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- acceptable
- Italiano
- accettabile
- Español
- aceptable
- Deutsch
- akzeptabel
- Català
- acceptable