Synonyms for passable
- adjective
Most common
decent acceptable mediocre tolerable satisfactory navigable traversable
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Tolerable — tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory
tolerable, so-so informal, decent, acceptable, mediocre, not bad, adequate, middling, respectable, average, all right, ordinary, fair, moderate, indifferent, fair to meddling, admissible, unexceptional, lackluster US, lack-lustre UK, lacklustre UK
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory.
Related words
- Word family
- passably
Example sentences
- decent No decent human being could possibly believe this.
- acceptable It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
- mediocre Don't excuse yourself into living a mediocre life.
- tolerable All sorrows should be tolerable, even if they are great.
- satisfactory His proposal is far from being satisfactory to us.
- navigable This river is totally non-navigable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| passable | rising | |
| decent | rising | |
| acceptable | falling | |
| mediocre | steady | |
| tolerable | falling | |
| satisfactory | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fair1
- 6 letters
- decent2
- 7 letters
- average3
- 8 letters
- ordinary4, moderate3, adequate3, mediocre4, middling3
- 9 letters
- tolerable4, navigable4
- 10 letters
- acceptable4, negotiable4, lackluster3, admissible4, lacklustre
- 11 letters
- respectable4, indifferent3, traversable
- 12 letters
- satisfactory4
- 13 letters
- unexceptional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decent2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- carrossable