Synonyms for desirable
- adjective
Most common
attractive beneficial advantageous expedient coveted enviable
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Advantageous
advantageous, attractive, expedient, beneficial, acceptable, suitable, good, valuable, advisable, worthy, pleasant, eligible, profitable, proper, befitting, pleasing, agreeable, goodly dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.
This applicant has almost all desirable properties.
Related words
- Word family
- desirability desirableness
Example sentences
- attractive The position carries with it an attractive salary.
- beneficial Red wine is beneficial, its secret lies in dosing.
- advantageous This marriage will be advantageous to his career.
- expedient Never lie if the truth is more expedient.
- coveted The coveted Nobel Peace prize will be awarded on Friday.
- enviable Ziri didn't exactly come from an enviable background.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| desirable | falling | |
| attractive | steady | |
| beneficial | steady | |
| advantageous | falling | |
| expedient | falling | |
| coveted | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1
- 6 letters
- proper2, worthy2, goodly2
- 7 letters
- coveted3
- 8 letters
- valuable3, suitable3, eligible4, pleasant2, pleasing2, fetching2, luscious2, enviable4
- 9 letters
- advisable4, agreeable4, befitting3, expedient4, toothsome
- 10 letters
- attractive3, acceptable4, beneficial4, profitable4
- 12 letters
- advantageous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (proper2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- souhaitable
- Italiano
- augurabile
- Deutsch
- wünschenswert