acceptable — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; welcome; gratifying; pleasing to a receiver.

   Antonyms

   inacceptablerejectableunacceptable

   Examples

   We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.

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   '[…] The other day, as soon as we came to town, aware that money could not be very plenty with us just now, she put bank-notes into Fanny's hands to the amount of two hundred pounds. And extremely acceptable it is, for we must live at a great expense while we are here.'

   I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.

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   A site that carried [sexually explicit] material, but that gated it off from children through credit cards or other mechanisms to verify the age of the user, would have an acceptable defense under the act.

2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

   Antonyms

   inacceptableunacceptable

   Examples

   The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.

Noun

1. Someone or something that is acceptable.

   Antonyms

   rejectable

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   The whole range of the knowable is divided into two classes, the acceptable and the avoidable. The acceptables are: Śiva, Śakti, Vidyesa, Mantra, Mantreśvara and the Jivas.

   The good old acceptables are called “character” actors. An actor of the versatile order is called, casually, even contemptuously, a “character” actor.

   Close to 3 percent of the acceptables are free of DMF teeth while none of the rejectables have fewer than 7 DMF teeth.

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   The church will not be content to see that older persons are housed and entertained, or even that acceptables are worked out to provide them with therapy and income from jobs.

Adjective

1. worthy of acceptance or satisfactory

   Antonyms

   unacceptable

   Examples

   acceptable levels of radiation

   performances varied from acceptable to excellent

2. judged to be in conformity with approved usage

   Examples

   acceptable English usage

3. meeting requirements

   Synonyms

   satisfactorydecent

   Examples

   the step makes a satisfactory seat

   I would kill for a decent cup of coffee

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   a decent wage

4. adequate for the purpose

   Examples

   the water was acceptable for drinking