ACCEPTABLE Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

acceptable

adjective

ik-ˈsep-tə-bəl

as in adequate

of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards told the bike rental man that a ten-speed with four broken gears was not acceptable

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Recent Examples of acceptable Conversational Settings: Up to 1-2 fillers per minute is generally acceptable. —

Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush also dabbled to a somewhat lesser extent in pardoning political allies, making the practice more common and increasingly more acceptable. —

The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025 Faced with the unattractive alternative of continuing to fight without the assurance of further U.S. backing, Kyiv and its Western partners are now considering how to secure an acceptable deal with Moscow. —

Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025 The long-term fix The only truly permanent solutions to keep TikTok online appear to be: 1) pass a new law reversing the old one — no easy task, considering that the existing bill had such broad bipartisan support in Congress — or 2) force a sale to an acceptable buyer. —

Clare Duffy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for acceptable

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That limit is adequate for the average or median case, but that leaves a lot of instances when a person’s liability exceeds the standard liability limit.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025
This case began when a city in Oregon did not have adequate homeless shelters, leading to an overflow of homeless people on the streets.

— Leah Goodridge, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025