acceptable

acceptable
I adjective adequate, admissible, advisable, agreeable, allowable, applicable, appropriate, attractive, becoming, comfortable, commensurate, conventional, decent, desirable, eligible, entitled, enviable, expedient, fair, felicitous, fit, gratifying, inviting, justifiable, likable, mediocre, moderate, opportune, palatable, passable, pleasant, pleasing, presentable, proper, qualified, respectable, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, tenable, timely, tolerable, unobjectionable, viable, welcome associated concepts: acceptable compromise, acceptable contract, acceptable settlement, accord and satisfaction, performance II index adequate, admissible, allowable, allowed, applicable, commensurate, convenient, conventional, desirable (qualified), eligible, fair (satisfactory), fit, justifiable, mediocre, meritorious, palatable, passable, proper, qualified (competent), sapid, seasonable, suitable, tenable, unobjectionable, viable

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  • acceptable — [ aksɛptabl ] adj. • déb. XIIIe; acetable « agréable » 1165; de accepter 1 ♦ Qui mérite d être accepté. ⇒ recevable. Offres acceptables. ⇒fam. valable. Elle « s engageait à fournir un alibi très acceptable » (Loti). ♢ Ling. Phrase acceptable. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Acceptable.TV — Country of origin USA …   Wikipedia

  • Acceptable — Ac*cept a*ble ( s[e^]pt [.a]*b l; 277), a. [F. acceptable, L. acceptabilis, fr. acceptare.] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • acceptable — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. acceptable, from L. acceptabilis worthy of acceptance, from acceptare (see ACCEPT (Cf. accept)). Related: Acceptably …   Etymology dictionary

  • acceptable — [adj] satisfactory, agreeable adequate, admissible, all right, A OK*, average, big*, common, cooking with gas*, cool*, copacetic, decent, delightful, fair, hep*, hip*, hunky dory*, in the swim*, kosher*, large, okay, on the ball*, on the beam*,… …   New thesaurus

  • acceptable — Acceptable, com. gen. penac. Recevable et aggreable envers chacun, Gratus, Acceptus, Mettable …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • acceptable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to be accepted. 2) adequate, though not outstanding or perfect. DERIVATIVES acceptability noun acceptably adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • acceptable — [ak sep′tə bəl, əksept′tə bəl] adj. 1. worth accepting; satisfactory or, sometimes, merely adequate 2. tolerable; bearable acceptability n. acceptableness acceptably adv …   English World dictionary

  • acceptable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth ▪ an attempt to make the reforms acceptable to both sides ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • acceptable — ac|cept|a|ble W3S3 [əkˈseptəbəl] adj 1.) good enough to be used for a particular purpose or to be considered satisfactory acceptable to ▪ an agreement which is acceptable to all sides ▪ Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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