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as in respectable, appropriateas in kind, generousas in sufficient, tolerable

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adjective as in respectable, appropriate

Strongest matches

  • correct
  • good
  • honest
  • honorable
  • modest
  • noble
  • polite
  • proper
  • prudent
  • trustworthy

Strong match

  • right

Weak matches

  • approved
  • becoming
  • befitting
  • chaste
  • clean
  • comely
  • comme il faut
  • conforming
  • continent
  • decorous
  • delicate
  • ethical
  • fit
  • fitting
  • immaculate
  • mannerly
  • moral
  • nice
  • on the up and up
  • presentable
  • pure
  • reserved
  • seemly
  • spotless
  • stainless
  • standard
  • straight
  • straight arrow
  • straight shooting
  • suitable
  • unblemished
  • undefiled
  • untarnished
  • upright
  • virtuous
  • worthy

adjective as in kind, generous

Strongest matches

  • courteous
  • gracious
  • thoughtful

Weak matches

  • accommodating
  • friendly
  • helpful
  • obliging
  • virtuous

adjective as in sufficient, tolerable

Strongest matches

  • acceptable
  • adequate
  • comfortable
  • competent
  • fair
  • good
  • mediocre
  • reasonable
  • respectable
  • satisfactory

Strong match

  • right

Weak matches

  • all right
  • ample
  • average
  • common
  • enough
  • fair to middling
  • middling
  • moderately good
  • passable
  • presentable
  • sufficing
  • unexceptional
  • unimpeachable
  • unobjectionable

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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