acceptable

[ak-sep-tuh-buhl] / ækˈsɛp tə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

satisfactory, agreeable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adequate common decent fair respectable sufficient tolerable

WEAK

A-OK admissible all right average big cooking with gas cool copacetic delightful hep hip hunky-dory in the swim kosher large okay on the ball on the beam passable peachy keen pleasant pleasing right on standard swell trendy unexceptional unobjectionable up to code up to snuff welcome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad inadequate insufficient intolerable poor unrespectable unsuitable

WEAK

disagreeable disturbing unacceptable unsatisfactory unwelcome

Example Sentences

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Maybe, but not at a cost most Americans would deem acceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Serious negotiations, they were said to believe, could produce a deal acceptable to the United States and the region.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

For Middlesbrough, only one outcome is acceptable: That they walk out at Wembley a week on Saturday.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

These standards reflect a societal judgment about how much uncertainty is acceptable before exercising legal authority.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

They say "asseptable” for acceptable, “asses- sories" for accessories, "essentric” for eccentric, "estatic” for ecstatic, and “estraordinary” for extraordinary.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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