decent

The word “decent” has 2 syllables: de-cent

It's pronounced as /ˈdiːsənt/

What is synonym and antonym for decent?

In the thesaurus, “decent” has 177 synonyms and 223 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for decent

G-rated
OK
acceptable
accommodating
adequate
agreeable
all right
allowed
ample
angelic
angelical
appropriate
approved
apt
authorized
average
bearable
becoming
befitting
blameless
chaste
chivalrous
classy
clean
comely
comfortable
comme il faut
commendable
common
compatible
competent
conforming
congenial
conscientious
continent
correct
courteous
creditable
cultivated
de rigueur
decorous
delicate
dignified
dress
dressy
due
elegant
endurable
enough
esteemed
ethical
exemplary
fair
fair to middling
fairish
fine
fit
fitting
formal
friendly
genteel
good
goody-goody
gracious
gratifying
guiltless
harmless
harmonious
helpful
high-minded
honest
honorable
immaculate
incorrupt
incorrupted
incorruptible
indifferent
innocent
innocuous
inoffensive
irreproachable
just
kosher
law-abiding
legitimate
lily-white
mannerly
material
mediocre
meet
menschy
middling
minimal
moderately good
modest
moral
moralistic
nice
noble
obliging
okay
on the up and up
ordinary
passable
permitted
pharisaical
polite
presentable
priggish
prim
principled
proper
prudent
pure
reasonable
rectitudinous
refined
relevant
reputable
reserved
respectable
respected
right
right-minded
righteous
run-of-mine
run-of-the-mill
run-of-the-mine
sanctimonious
satisfactory
satisfying
scrupulous
second-rate
seemly
self-righteous
serviceable
so-so
spotless
stainless
stand-up
standard
stiff
straight
straight arrow
straight shooting
stuffy
sufferable
sufficing
suitable
tasteful
thoughtful
tolerable
true
trustworthy
unassailable
unblemished
uncorrupted
undefiled
unerring
unexceptional
unimpeachable
unobjectionable
unsoiled
unspotted
unstained
unsullied
untainted
untarnished
up to snuff
upright
upstanding
useful
vestal
virgin
virginal
virtuous
worthy

Antonyms for decent

A1
atrocious
awkward
bad
bang-up
banned
banner
barred
base
blackguardly
blamable
blameworthy
blemished
boss
capital
casual
censurable
cheap
classic
coarse
corrupt
crackerjack
criminal
crooked
crude
culpable
dandy
debased
debauched
decadent
defective
deficient
defiled
degenerate
degraded
demoralized
depraved
dirty
disagreeable
disallowed
discourteous
disgraceful
dishonest
dishonorable
disobliging
disreputable
dissatisfying
dissipated
dissolute
divine
errant
erring
evil
evil-minded
exceptional
execrable
exquisite
extreme
fabulous
fallen
fancy
faulty
filthy
first-class
first-rate
forbidden
gauche
grand
great
groovy
grungy
heavenly
high-grade
ignoble
immodest
immoral
imperfect
improper
impure
inadequate
inappropriate
incompetent
incomplete
incorrect
indecent
indecorous
indelicate
infamous
inferior
informal
iniquitous
insufferable
insufficient
interdicted
intolerable
jim-dandy
keen
knavish
lacking
lamentable
libertine
loose
low
marvellous
marvelous
matchless
maximized
maximum
meager
meagre
mean
misbehaving
miserable
miserly
naughty
neat
nefarious
nifty
niggardly
noble
objectionable
obscene
offensive
optimal
optimum
outlawed
par excellence
peerless
perverse
perverted
pitiful
poor
preeminent
premium
prime
profligate
prohibited
proscribed
rascally
reprehensible
reprobate
ribald
roguish
rotten
rude
scanty
scoundrelly
seedy
sensational
shabby
shameful
shoddy
short
sinful
skimpy
smutty
soiled
spare
special
splendid
spotted
stained
stellar
sterling
stingy
sullied
superb
superior
superlative
supernal
supreme
swell
tacky
tainted
tarnished
tasteless
terrific
tip-top
top
top-notch
unacceptable
unaccommodating
unbearable
unbecoming
unchaste
unclean
unendurable
unethical
unfair
unfit
ungenerous
ungenteel
ungraceful
unjust
unkind
unmatched
unparalleled
unprincipled
unreasonable
unrefined
unreliable
unrespectable
unrighteous
unsatisfactory
unscrupulous
unseemly
unsophisticated
unsuitable
unsuited
unsurpassed
untrustworthy
unworthy
useless
venal
vicious
vile
villainous
vulgar
wanting
wicked
wonderful
wretched
wrong

Meanings of decent

adjective
1. Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
2. (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
3. Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
4. Fair; good enough; okay.
5. Significant; substantial.
6. Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Example Sentences

He is a decent person who always helps others in need.
They live in a decent neighborhood with friendly neighbors.
The hotel provided decent accommodations for the price.
She wore a decent dress to the party, appropriate for the occasion.
It's important to have a decent meal after a long day of work.

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