Definitions

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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It isn’t that the Communist Party ever really encouraged religious celebrations, but what was tolerated before is no longer acceptable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The second-guessing could extend even to long-settled standards, environmental scientists said, such as how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water and how much lead is acceptable in paint and soil.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Vanguard’s target-date retirement funds, which lead the industry, charge 0.08%, which is an acceptable rate, he said, but others charge much more.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The defendant and claimants agree that group litigation is acceptable but disagreements exist.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Riemann made it perfectly acceptable to go off to infinity; since infinity is just a point on the sphere like any other point, it was no longer something to be feared.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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