Thesaurus / okay
FEEDBACKHow to use okay in a sentence
Rosengarten assured us it was okay to drink a wine we liked with food we liked, despite old-fashioned strictures about what was right.
THE NEW WINE RULES: DRINK WHAT YOU LIKE WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO EATDAVE MCINTYREFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEli, who didn’t want his whole name used, had to check first with his mom whether it was okay to talk to me.
MY MOTHER AND HER FRIENDS COULDN’T GET CORONAVIRUS VACCINE APPOINTMENTS, SO THEY TURNED TO A STRANGER FOR HELP. HE’S 13.GREG HARRISFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn the sun, when the wind eased, highs in the mid-to-upper 30s felt okay.
PM UPDATE: PATCHY, LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS A RISK LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAYIAN LIVINGSTONFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLeaving the base area, I do not think I will make it the full 1,500 vertical feet to the mountain’s summit, and that’s okay.
SMALL SKI AREAS, BIG IMPACTDINA MISHEVFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLet your kids know it’s okay to say whom they’re traveling with, and that agents may ask where the other parent is.
IF YOU’RE A SOLO PARENT TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY WITH YOUR KIDS, BE READY FOR THIS QUESTIONGINA RICHFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo I was okay as long as I could see him still moving and being okay.
DARRYL MORSELL’S PARENTS ATTENDED HIS FIRST 97 MARYLAND GAMES. THE PANDEMIC ENDED THE STREAK.EMILY GIAMBALVOFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt’s okay if you have to tap or gently shake the ramekin to nudge it out.
IF LOVING A PIPING HOT CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE IS WRONG, I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHTBECKY KRYSTALFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAlso, she says, you strengthen the case “that hate speech is not okay.”
HOW TO FIGHT ONLINE HATE BEFORE IT LEADS TO VIOLENCEKATHIANN KOWALSKIFEBRUARY 4, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSIt’s okay if you feel that way, because it is radically different than how death looked at any other time in human history.
HOW TO BE BETTER AT DEATH (EP. 450)MARIA KONNIKOVAFEBRUARY 4, 2021FREAKONOMICSNot just organized groups, but a lot of people you have taught that acting violently against their political enemies is okay.
'A REAL NIGHTMARE.' STATE CAPITOLS ARE RACING TO CATCH UP TO THE FAR-RIGHT THREATVERA BERGENGRUENJANUARY 14, 2021TIMEWORDS RELATED TO OKAY
- advisable
- applicable
- apposite
- apt
- becoming
- befitting
- commodious
- condign
- convenient
- copacetic
- correct
- cut out for
- deserved
- due
- expedient
- felicitous
- fit
- fitting
- good
- good enough
- handy
- happy
- in character
- in keeping
- just
- kosher
- legit
- meet
- merited
- nice
- okay
- opportune
- peachy
- pertinent
- politic
- presentable
- proper
- reasonable
- relevant
- requisite
- right
- righteous
- rightful
- satisfactory
- seemly
- sufficient
- suited
- swell
- up to snuff
- useful
- user friendly
- adequate
- all right
- allowable
- average
- bearable
- better than nothing
- common
- decent
- endurable
- fair
- fair to middling
- fairly good
- goodish
- indifferent
- livable
- mediocre
- middling
- not bad
- okay
- ordinary
- passable
- presentable
- respectable
- run-of-the-mill
- satisfactory
- so-so
- sufferable
- sufficient
- supportable
- sustainable
- tidy
- unexceptionable
- unexceptional
- unimpeachable
- absolutely
- affirmative
- agreed
- all right
- amen
- assuredly
- aye
- beyond a doubt
- by all means
- certainly
- definitely
- even so
- exactly
- fine
- gladly
- good
- good enough
- granted
- indubitably
- just so
- most assuredly
- naturally
- of course
- okay
- positively
- precisely
- roger
- sure thing
- surely
- true
- undoubtedly
- unquestionably
- very well
- willingly
- without fail
- yea
- yep
- A-OK
- adequate
- admissible
- all right
- average
- big
- common
- cooking with gas
- cool
- copacetic
- decent
- delightful
- fair
- hunky-dory
- in the swim
- kosher
- okay
- on the ball
- on the beam
- passable
- peachy keen
- pleasant
- pleasing
- respectable
- standard
- sufficient
- swell
- tolerable
- trendy
- unexceptional
- up to code
- up to snuff
- welcome
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