acceptable

The word “acceptable” has 4 syllables: ac-cept-a-ble

It's pronounced as /əkˈsɛptəbl/


What is synonym and antonym for acceptable?

In the thesaurus, “acceptable” has 71 synonyms and 108 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for acceptable along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for acceptable

  • A-OK
  • OK
  • adequate
  • admissible
  • agreeable
  • all right
  • appropriate
  • average
  • bearable
  • big
  • common
  • cooking with gas
  • cool
  • copacetic
  • correct
  • decent
  • delightful
  • due
  • endurable
  • fair
  • fairish
  • fine
  • fitting
  • good
  • gratifying
  • hep
  • hip
  • hunky-dory
  • in the swim
  • indifferent
  • kosher
  • large
  • mediocre
  • meet
  • middling
  • minimal
  • okay
  • on the ball
  • on the beam
  • ordinary
  • passable
  • peachy keen
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • proper
  • respectable
  • right
  • right on
  • run-of-mine
  • run-of-the-mill
  • run-of-the-mine
  • satisfactory
  • satisfying
  • second-rate
  • seemly
  • serviceable
  • so-so
  • standard
  • sufferable
  • sufficient
  • suitable
  • swell
  • tolerable
  • trendy
  • unexceptional
  • unobjectionable
  • up to code
  • up to snuff
  • useful
  • welcome
  • worthy

Antonyms for acceptable

  • A1
  • atrocious
  • bad
  • bang-up
  • banner
  • boss
  • capital
  • cheap
  • classic
  • crackerjack
  • dandy
  • defective
  • deficient
  • disagreeable
  • disreputable
  • dissatisfying
  • disturbing
  • divine
  • exceptional
  • execrable
  • exquisite
  • extreme
  • fabulous
  • fancy
  • faulty
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • grand
  • great
  • groovy
  • heavenly
  • high-grade
  • imperfect
  • improper
  • inadequate
  • incomplete
  • indecent
  • insufferable
  • insufficient
  • intolerable
  • jim-dandy
  • keen
  • lacking
  • lamentable
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • matchless
  • maximized
  • maximum
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mean
  • miserable
  • miserly
  • neat
  • nifty
  • niggardly
  • noble
  • objectionable
  • optimal
  • optimum
  • par excellence
  • peerless
  • pitiful
  • poor
  • preeminent
  • premium
  • prime
  • scanty
  • sensational
  • shabby
  • shoddy
  • short
  • skimpy
  • spare
  • special
  • splendid
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • stingy
  • superb
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • supreme
  • swell
  • terrific
  • tip-top
  • top
  • top-notch
  • unacceptable
  • unbearable
  • unendurable
  • unfit
  • unmatched
  • unparalleled
  • unrespectable
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsuitable
  • unsurpassed
  • unwelcome
  • unworthy
  • useless
  • vile
  • wanting
  • wonderful
  • wretched
  • wrong

Meanings of acceptable

  • adjective
    1. Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
    2. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

Example Sentences

  • The team's performance was acceptable given the circumstances.
  • She found the terms of the contract to be acceptable and signed it without hesitation.
  • In academic writing, citing credible sources is acceptable practice.
  • The restaurant offered a range of dishes that catered to different dietary needs, making it acceptable for everyone in the group.
  • His behavior at the meeting was not acceptable and caused some discomfort among the attendees.

On this page you'll find 179 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to acceptable, such as: A-OK, A1, OK, adequate, admissible, agreeable, all right.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

a bit much

  • annoying
  • arduous
  • baroque
  • boresome
  • boring
  • boundless
  • burdensome
  • demanding
  • devilish
  • difficult
  • drag
  • dragging
  • drudging
  • dull
  • endless
  • enervative
  • enough
  • enough already
  • exacting
  • excessive
  • excruciating
  • exhausting
  • exorbitant
  • extravagant
  • extreme
  • fancy
  • fatiguing
  • flat
  • hard
  • heavy
  • heavy-handed
  • hefty
  • ho-hum
  • humdrum
  • immeasurable
  • immoderate
  • impossible
  • improper
  • inadmissible
  • inappropriate
  • infinite
  • inordinate
  • insane
  • insufferable
  • insupportable
  • intolerable
  • irksome
  • jading
  • laborious
  • last straw
  • lavish
  • limitless
  • monotonous
  • nowhere
  • offensive
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • over-the-top
  • overdue
  • overextravagant
  • overmuch
  • overweening
  • painful
  • plethoric
  • steep
  • stiff
  • strenuous
  • tedious
  • thick
  • tired
  • tiring
  • too much
  • tough
  • towering
  • trying
  • unacceptable
  • unbearable
  • unconscionable
  • uncool
  • undesirable
  • undue
  • unendurable
  • uninteresting
  • unjustifiable
  • unmerciful
  • unrelieved
  • unrestrained
  • unseemly
  • unsufferable
  • unsupportable
  • unsurpassable
  • unwarranted
  • vexatious
  • wearing
  • wearisome
  • wearying
  • yawn

A1

  • 24-carat
  • A-OK
  • OK
  • acceptable
  • ace
  • adequate
  • all right
  • awesome
  • bang-up
  • banner
  • beautiful
  • best
  • better
  • blue-chip
  • blue-ribbon
  • boffo
  • bonnie
  • bonny
  • boss
  • brag
  • brave
  • bully
  • bumper
  • capital
  • choice
  • choicest
  • classic
  • classical
  • cool
  • corking
  • crackerjack
  • cracking
  • dandy
  • decent
  • divine
  • dope
  • down
  • dynamite
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • fab
  • fabulous
  • famous
  • fancy
  • fantabulous
  • fantastic
  • fine
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • first-string
  • five-star
  • flawless
  • four-star
  • frontline
  • gangbuster
  • gangbusters
  • gilt-edge
  • gilt-edged
  • gone
  • good
  • grand
  • great
  • greatest
  • groovy
  • heavenly
  • high-class
  • high-grade
  • high-test
  • highest
  • hot
  • hype
  • ideal
  • immense
  • jim-dandy
  • keen
  • lovely
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • matchless
  • maximum
  • mean
  • most advantageous
  • most favorable
  • neat
  • nifty
  • noble
  • number one
  • numero uno
  • okay
  • optimal
  • out of this world
  • out-of-sight
  • par excellence
  • passable
  • peachy
  • peachy keen
  • peak
  • peerless
  • perfect
  • phat
  • premium
  • prime
  • primo
  • prize
  • prizewinning
  • quality
  • radical
  • righteous
  • satisfactory
  • select
  • sensational
  • slick
  • solid-gold
  • special
  • splendid
  • standard
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • superb
  • superfine
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • swell
  • terrific
  • tip-top
  • tolerable
  • too much
  • top
  • top-notch
  • top-of-the-line
  • top-shelf
  • topflight
  • topping
  • traditional
  • unsurpassed
  • wizard
  • wonderful
  • world-class

acceptably

  • OK
  • abundantly
  • adequately
  • admirably
  • admissibly
  • agreeably
  • all right
  • alright
  • amiably
  • amply
  • appropriately
  • aptly
  • attractively
  • averagely
  • barely
  • beautifully
  • becomingly
  • befittingly
  • bountifully
  • capably
  • capaciously
  • charmingly
  • commensurately
  • competently
  • completely
  • congruously
  • copiously
  • correctly
  • creditably
  • decently
  • decorously
  • desirably
  • distinctively
  • effectively
  • effectually
  • efficiently
  • enjoyably
  • enough
  • excellently
  • extensively
  • fairly
  • fairly well
  • felicitously
  • fine
  • finely
  • fittingly
  • generously
  • good
  • graciously
  • gratifyingly
  • greatly
  • happily
  • lavishly
  • liberally
  • meetly
  • middlingly
  • moderately
  • modestly
  • neatly
  • nicely
  • okay
  • passably
  • perfectly
  • pleasantly
  • pleasantly enough
  • pleasingly
  • pleasurably
  • plenteously
  • plentifully
  • presentably
  • profusely
  • properly
  • proportionately
  • rather
  • reasonably
  • respectably
  • richly
  • rightly
  • satisfactorily
  • satisfyingly
  • seemly
  • serviceably
  • so-so
  • substantially
  • sufficiently
  • suitably
  • thoroughly
  • tidily
  • to an acceptable degree
  • tolerably
  • triumphantly
  • unobjectionably
  • well
  • well enough
  • winningly

accorded

  • OK
  • acceptable
  • accepted
  • accredited
  • agreed
  • aligned
  • alined
  • allocated
  • allowable
  • allowed
  • answered
  • appointed
  • appropriate
  • appropriated
  • approved
  • assigned
  • authorized
  • awarded
  • bearable
  • bestowed
  • brooked
  • certified
  • chartered
  • checked
  • chorded
  • cohered
  • coincided
  • commanded
  • comported
  • conceded
  • condoned
  • conferred
  • conformed
  • consented
  • consisted
  • contributed
  • corresponded
  • countenanced
  • designated
  • donated
  • dovetailed
  • dubbed
  • encouraged
  • endorsed
  • endurable
  • equaled
  • equalled
  • extended
  • favored
  • fell in with
  • fit
  • fitted
  • fixed
  • furnished
  • gave
  • granted
  • harmonized
  • indorsed
  • jibed
  • lawful
  • legal
  • legalized
  • legitimate
  • let
  • licensed
  • lined up
  • mandatory
  • matched
  • named
  • offered
  • okay
  • ordered
  • paralleled
  • permissible
  • permissive
  • permitted
  • presented
  • proffered
  • promoted
  • proper
  • provided
  • registered
  • required
  • rhymed
  • rimed
  • sanctioned
  • seemly
  • set
  • showed
  • sorted
  • squared
  • sufferable
  • suitable
  • supplied
  • supported
  • tallied
  • tolerable
  • tolerated
  • unobjectionable
  • vested
  • vouchsafed
  • warranted
  • went

accredited

  • OK
  • acceptable
  • accepted
  • acclaimed
  • acknowledged
  • admissible
  • adulated
  • affirmed
  • allowable
  • allowed
  • applauded
  • approbated
  • approved
  • ascribed
  • assigned
  • associated
  • attached
  • attributed
  • authorized
  • ballyhooed
  • bearable
  • belauded
  • blamed
  • blessed
  • blest
  • bravoed
  • canonized
  • celebrated
  • certified
  • chalked up
  • charged
  • chartered
  • cheered
  • clapped
  • clapt
  • cleared
  • commended
  • commissioned
  • confirmed
  • connected
  • cracked up
  • credentialed
  • credentialled
  • credited
  • deified
  • emblazoned
  • empowered
  • enabled
  • endorsed
  • endurable
  • enfranchised
  • entitled
  • eulogized
  • extolled
  • favored
  • finalized
  • flattered
  • formalized
  • glorified
  • hailed
  • homologated
  • idolized
  • imputed
  • inaugurated
  • indorsed
  • inducted
  • initialed
  • initialled
  • initiated
  • installed
  • instated
  • invested
  • laid
  • lauded
  • lawful
  • legal
  • legalized
  • let
  • licenced
  • licensed
  • licit
  • linked
  • magnified
  • mandatory
  • okay
  • okayed
  • ordered
  • overpraised
  • passed
  • permissible
  • permitted
  • praised
  • privileged
  • put down
  • qualified
  • ratified
  • reapproved
  • recommended
  • referred
  • required
  • rubber-stamped
  • saluted
  • sanctified
  • sanctioned
  • sang
  • signed
  • sung
  • supported
  • swore in
  • tolerable
  • touted
  • validated
  • vested
  • vouched for
  • warranted

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