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Acceptable

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

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Bankable 84% connected

Receivable at a bank.

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Bankable 84% connected

Receivable at a bank.

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Fit 84% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Fit 84% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Received 84% connected

of Receive

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Received 84% connected

of Receive

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Standard 84% connected

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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Standard 84% connected

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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Unexceptionable 84% connected

Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character.

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Unexceptionable 84% connected

Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character.

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Unimpeachable 84% connected

Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as,…

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Unimpeachable 84% connected

Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as,…

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Derivationally related 6

Acceptability 74% connected

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

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Acceptability 74% connected

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

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Acceptableness 74% connected

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

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Acceptableness 74% connected

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

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Take 74% connected

Taken.

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Take 74% connected

Taken.

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See also 2

Satisfactory 66% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Satisfactory 66% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Synonym 2

Decent 92% connected

Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Satisfactory 92% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Unacceptable 94% connected

Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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Unacceptable 94% connected

Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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