acceptible
acceptible is the obsolete spelling of acceptable.
Meaning of acceptable
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.
- 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
Forms of acceptible
| comparative | more acceptible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most acceptible |
Origin of acceptible
Morphologically accept + -ible. Equivalent forms are not attested in Middle English or any etymon of acceptable.
Words formed from acceptible
Questions about acceptible
- What is acceptible the obsolete spelling of?
- Acceptible is the obsolete spelling of acceptable.
Words near acceptible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acceptible (page history and authors); acceptable (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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