Synonyms for acceptable
ækˈsɛp tə bəlac·cept·able

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1. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

2. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

3. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

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1. acceptable

   Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

   Antonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

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1. acceptable

   Synonyms:
   grateful, pleasant, welcome, agreeable, pleasure, seasonable, gratifying

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful, unwelcome, disagreeable, unpleasant

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. acceptableadjective

   worthy of acceptance or satisfactory

   "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

   Antonyms:
   bad, exceptionable, unfit, objectionable, nonstandard, unacceptable

2. acceptableadjective

   judged to be in conformity with approved usage

   "acceptable English usage"

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

   Antonyms:
   exceptionable, bad, unfit, nonstandard, objectionable, unacceptable

3. satisfactory, acceptableadjective

   meeting requirements

   "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

   Antonyms:
   bad, unfit, unacceptable, exceptionable, objectionable, nonstandard

4. acceptableadjective

   adequate for the purpose

   "the water was acceptable for drinking"

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

   Antonyms:
   unfit, bad, objectionable, nonstandard, exceptionable, unacceptable

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1. acceptableadjective

   Synonyms:
   welcome, pleasing, pleasant, agreeable, grateful, gratifying

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1. List of paraphrases for "acceptable":

   unacceptable, accepted, tolerable, admissible, agreeable, permissible, palatable, satisfactory, reasonable, maqbool, decent, eligible, allowable, acceptability, suitable

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How to use acceptable in a sentence?

1. Samantha Sally:

   After I saw the script was when the beating happened, i was like,' This is absolutely not acceptable'. All I could do was talk. Moussa Elhassani became very violent and scared my son into becoming complicit. I ended up with two broken ribs on that video. I fought. I fought. It was three days after my operation with her.

2. President Trump:

   A loss is not acceptable, folks.

3. Manuela Colombini:

   It's important to be able to show that we are here and this is not acceptable.

4. The Turkish Foreign Ministry:

   Since the beginning, Turkey has always underlined that it would only support those solutions which were acceptable to Azerbaijan.

5. Justice Horn:

   These racist tendencies are obvious to the person of color, but they are so ingrained in the non-person of color that they are believed to be socially acceptable.