Respectable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Meriting respect or esteem; worthy.
  • adj. Of or appropriate to good or proper behavior or conventional conduct.
  • adj. Of moderately good quality: respectable work.
  • adj. Considerable in amount, number, or size: a respectable sum of money.
  • adj. Acceptable in appearance; presentable: a respectable hat.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. deserving respect
  • adj. decent; satisfactory
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean.
  • adj. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being respected; worthy of respect or esteem.
  • Having an honest or good reputation; standing well with other people; reputable: as, born of poor but respectable parents.
  • Occupying or pertaining to a fairly good position in society; moderately well-to-do.
  • Mediocre; moderate; fair; not despisable.
  • Proper; decent: as, conduct that is not respectable.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. deserving of esteem and respect
  • adj. characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
  • adj. large in amount or extent or degree
    • Equivalent
    reputable    decent    solid    upstanding    nice    presentable    considerable   
    Antonym
    disrespectable   
    Cross Reference
    estimable    proper    considerable    fair   
    Form
    respectably   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    honorable    presentable    estimable    proper    considerable    fair   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    collectible    delectable    detectable    electable    injectable    uncollectable    undetectable    unelectable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    decent    honest    wealthy    handsome    honorable   
     
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