acceptable
Syllables: ac·cep·ti·ble/əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
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obsolete/ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/
acceptable adjective: capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; welcome; gratifying; pleasing to a receiver.
Adjective
acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable)
- Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; welcome; gratifying; pleasing to a receiver.
- We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
- '[…] The other day, as soon as we came to town, aware that money could not be very plenty with us just now, she put bank-notes into Fanny's hands to the amount of two hundred pounds. And extremely acceptable it is, for we must live at a great expense while we are here.'1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- agreeable, all right, amazing, as fine as Dick's hatband, awesome, beatific, bene, blissful, bodacious, bona
- Antonyms:
- inacceptable, rejectable, unacceptable
- Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
- The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
- Synonyms:
- adequate, all right, average, close enough, close enough for government work, close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades, decent, favoursome, fair, fine
- Antonyms:
- inacceptable, unacceptable
Noun
acceptable (plural acceptables)
- Someone or something that is acceptable.
- The whole range of the knowable is divided into two classes, the acceptable and the avoidable. The acceptables are: Śiva, Śakti, Vidyesa, Mantra, Mantreśvara and the Jivas.1922, Madhusūdan Kaul, “Introduction”, in Sri Mālinīvijayottara Tantram (Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies; XXXVII), Bombay: […] “Tatva-vivechaka” Press, page xvii
- The good old acceptables are called “character” actors. An actor of the versatile order is called, casually, even contemptuously, a “character” actor.c. 1929–1930, Harry Alan Potamkin, “A Diet of Stars”, in Lewis Jacobs, editor, The Compound Cinema: The Film Writings of Harry Alan Potamkin (Studies in Culture & Communication), New York, N.Y....
- Antonyms:
- rejectable
acceptable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
acceptable in Hindi
- capable, worthy or sure of being accepted
- स्वीकार्य svīkārya
acceptable in Tamil
- ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளக் கூடிய, ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளத்தக்க, விரும்பத்தக்க, மகிழ்ச்சி விளைவிப்பதான
acceptable in Marathi
- capable, worthy or sure of being accepted
- स्वीकार्य svīkārya
acceptable in Urdu
- acceptable, all right, great
- اچھا acchā
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- acceptable in Bengali
- স্বীকার্য śikarjo
- acceptable in Telugu
- అంగీకార యోగ్యమైన aṅgīkāra yōgyamaina
- acceptable in Malayalam
- സ്വീകാര്യമായ svīkāryamāya
- acceptable in Kannada
- ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆಯಾಗುವ, ಆದೇಯ, ಸಮ್ಮತ, ಮಾನ್ಯ
- acceptable in Punjabi
- ਸਵੀਕਾਰਯੋਗ
- acceptable in Odia
- ଗ୍ରହଣୀଯ଼, ଗ୍ରହଣଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼
- acceptable in Sanskrit
- उचित ucitá
- acceptable in Tagalog
- katanggap-tanggap
Examples of acceptable in a sentence
- I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128:
- Close to 3 percent of the acceptables are free of DMF teeth while none of the rejectables have fewer than 7 DMF teeth.1941 July 4, Henry Klein, “The Dental Status and Dental Needs of Young Adult Males, Rejectable or Acceptable for Military Service...
- The church will not be content to see that older persons are housed and entertained, or even that acceptables are worked out to provide them with therapy and income from jobs.1974 June 19, Ray Wells, “The Church and the Aging”, in The Free Will Baptist, Ayden, N.C., page 5, column 3:
Synonyms of acceptable
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Forms of acceptable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more acceptable |
| superlative | most acceptable |
| alternative form (obsolete) | acceptible |
| Noun | |
| plural | acceptables |
Origin of acceptable
From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”). Morphologically accept + -able.
Words formed from acceptable
Questions about acceptable
- What does acceptable mean?
- Acceptable means capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; welcome; gratifying; pleasing to a receiver.
- What is acceptable in Hindi?
- Acceptable in Hindi is स्वीकार्य (svīkārya). See Acceptable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use acceptable in a sentence?
- I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
- What part of speech is acceptable?
- Acceptable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce acceptable?
- Acceptable is pronounced /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/.
Words near acceptable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acceptable (page history and authors); acceptable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اچھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); স্বীকার্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); acceptable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acceptable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); acceptable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उचित (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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