respectable
[ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bɫ̩]
respectable adjective: deserving respect.
Adjective
respectable (comparative more respectable, superlative most respectable)
- Deserving respect.
- His accomplishments, morals, loyalty, and stature make him a respectable person.
- In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
- Decent; satisfactory.
- Turn up to the interview wearing something respectable. She plays a respectable game of chess. He got a respectable B+ on his last exam.
- Moderately well-to-do.
Noun
respectable (plural respectables)
- A person who is respectable.
- They forced their way into the meetings called by the respectables; and the respectables disappeared. It was of their own respectable good pleasure that they withdrew.1872, Thomas Cooper, The Life of Thomas Cooper, page 221
- The tensions between the "respectables" and the "gay spoilers"1978 February 11, Michael Bronski, “The Gayest Parade In Town”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 31, page 13
respectable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
respectable in Hindi
- respectable, honourable
- सम्मानजनक sammānjanak
respectable in Tamil
- கெளரவமான
respectable in Marathi
- respectable, educated, cultured, learned
- शिष्ट śiṣṭa
respectable in Urdu
- باعزت, عمدہ, واجب التعظیم
More languagesFewer languages
- respectable in Bengali
- সম্মানজনক, মার্জিত
- respectable in Telugu
- మర్యాదైన maryādaina
- respectable in Malayalam
- മാനമ്മര്യാദയുളള, ആദരണീയനായ
- respectable in Kannada
- ತಕ್ಕಮೆ ಕೊಡತಕ್ಕ, ತಕ್ಕಮಟ್ಟಿಗಿನ, ತೊಡಬಹುದಾದ, ಗೌರವಾರ್ಹ
- respectable in Punjabi
- سجن sajjaṇ, ਸੱਜਣ sajjaṇ
- respectable in Odia
- ଯୋଗ୍ୟ jogya
- respectable in Sanskrit
- प्रमुख pramukha
- respectable in Arabic
- مُحْتَرَم muḥtaram
Examples of respectable in a sentence
- Don't you find respectable people terribly dull?1932, Jules Furthman, Shanghai Express, spoken by Hui Fei (Anna May Wong):
- The “respectables”, then, impute to themselves an absence of such character blemishes, or stated in more positive terms, an allegiance to American mainstream morality.2014, Mitchell Duneier, Philip Kasinitz, Alexandra Murphy, The Urban Ethnography Reader, page 38:
Synonyms of respectable
- admirable
- laudable
- venerable
- honorable
- savory
- commendable
- creditable
- estimable
- glorious
- praiseworthy
Antonyms
Forms of respectable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more respectable |
| superlative | most respectable |
| Noun | |
| plural | respectables |
Origin of respectable
From respect + -able.
Words formed from respectable
Questions about respectable
- What does respectable mean?
- Respectable means deserving respect.
- What is respectable in Hindi?
- Respectable in Hindi is सम्मानजनक (sammānjanak). See Respectable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use respectable in a sentence?
- Don't you find respectable people terribly dull?
- What part of speech is respectable?
- Respectable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce respectable?
- Respectable is pronounced [ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bɫ̩] (US).
Words near respectable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: respectable (page history and authors); सम्मानजनक (Hindi) (page history and authors); respectable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शिष्ट (Marathi) (page history and authors); respectable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Respectable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); respectable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); respectable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سجن (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଯୋଗ୍ୟ (Odia) (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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