English Explanatory Dictionary

acceptable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
  2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
noun
  1. Someone or something that is acceptable.

Pronunciation

/əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/ /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl/ /ɪkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/ /ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/ en-us-acceptable.ogg

Word forms

acceptable more acceptable most acceptable acceptible acceptables

Etymology

From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”). Morphologically accept + -able.

Synonyms

acceptable agreeable all right amazing as fine as Dick's hatband awesome beatific bene blissful bodacious bona brilliant celestial commendable cool dandy as candy decent delightful divine enjoyable excellent exceptional fabulous fantastic fine goated goloptious good as wheat in the bin gratifying great heavenlike heavenly incredible lovely magnificent marvelous neat nice not bad outstanding perfect phenomenal pleasant pleasing positive rad radical right as rain satisfying solid splendid stellar stupendous super superb sweet sweet as a nut terrific tubular well

Antonyms

inacceptable rejectable unacceptable

Related words

acceptability

Derived words

acceptableness acceptably inacceptably nonacceptable
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