passable
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈpæsəbl/
:
aceptable
- Delightful music and a passable meal, which I should like to end with an aperitif.
He could do a passable job at makeup and hair.
- He could do a passable job at makeup and hair.
- Does this does this sound passable as like a Bluetooth set up in your car?
Examples
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Some of your guitar playing is actually passable. - Is it? - Yeah, it's nice and tight.
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The hotel room was clean and passable for a short stay, but it lacked luxurious amenities.
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Meanwhile, congratulations on a passable first night.
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After what I have reason to believe was an excellent dinner and a passable breakfast?
Fiction book (1994) -
But given the pressure of time, it's passable.
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The jeans are casual but passable at most places in the cities.
Fiction book (1994) -
The results were passable, even publishable, but, by God, not with my name on them.
Academic text (2007) -
What makes one engineering company a great place to work, but another only a passable way to pull in a paycheck?
Academic text (2004) -
He could do a passable job at makeup and hair.
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To date, he's managed to put up good power, along with a passable strikeout rate.
Blog text (30)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
In good enough condition so no one needs to worry
∞
1.0
Good enough but not very good
641
1.9
Not perfect but good for what you need
487
2.3
Good enough in quality to meet normal needs
477
2.5
Good enough for a particular use or standard
234
2.7
Enough in amount or quality to meet a need
81
2.3
Good enough to meet a need but not very good
31
3.5
Able to be put up with though not very good
24
3.5
Clean and neat enough to be seen by other people
1
6.9
Medium quality, neither very good nor very bad
Good enough to reach the needed level in a test
Antonyms
How Satisfactory
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Passable ('good enough') is easy to remember if you think of pass ('to pass a test') plus -able ('able'). A helpful way to think of it is that something passable is just able to 'pass' or be accepted, but not excellent.