decent
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- reasonable, adequate, ample, fair, passable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable
- respectable, chaste, decorous, modest, proper, pure
- proper, appropriate, becoming, befitting, fitting, seemly, suitable
- kind, accommodating, courteous, friendly, generous, gracious, helpful, obliging, thoughtful

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Antonyms: indecent, obscene
Contrasted words: awkward, clumsy, gauche, inept, maladroit, discomfiting, disconcerting, embarrassing, crude, rough, rude, uncouth, lewd, libertine, wanton, abandoned, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, imperfect, inadequate, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, excellent, fine, superior
Related Words: noble, good, right, rigid, strict, ascetic, austere, severe, average, fair, mediocre, middling

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English Thesaurus: satisfactory, all right/OK, reasonable, acceptable, adequate, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

de‧cent S3 /ˈdiːsənt/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: décent, from Latin decens, the present participle of decere 'to be suitable']

1. [usually before noun] of a good enough standard or quality:
a decent salary
Don’t you have a decent jacket?
a house with a decent-sized yard
Their in-flight magazine is halfway decent (=quite good).

2. following moral standards that are acceptable to society ⇒ decency
decent citizens/people/folk etc
The majority of residents here are decent citizens.
a decent burial
Paul visited the local bars more frequently than was decent for a senior lecturer.
The chairman did the decent thing (=did what people thought he ought to) and resigned.

3. [usually before noun] treating people in a fair and kind way:
I decided her father was a decent guy after all.
It was decent of you to show up today.

4. wearing enough clothes so that you do not show too much of your body – used humorously:
Are you decent? Can I come in?
—decently adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

decent
adj.
I. good/acceptable
VERBS be, look The pub looked decent enough.
ADV. really, very | perfectly | half/halfway, pretty, quite We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent.
enough
PREP. to My uncle has been pretty decent to me.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

decent
II. honest/respectable
VERBS be
ADV. very | perfectly, thoroughly
PHRASES do the decent thing I think the minister should do the decent thing and resign.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

satisfactory good enough – often used when something reaches a fairly good standard, but is not of a high standard:
Her grades are satisfactory.
For a beginner, this camera produces satisfactory results.
all right/OK spoken not bad, but not very good:
The meal was all right, but rather expensive.
‘How was the film?’ ‘It was OK.’
reasonable fairly good:
a reasonable standard of living
The quality of the food was reasonable.
acceptable if something is acceptable to you, you think it is good enough and you are willing to take it:
an acceptable offer
an acceptable level of risk
They can't find a solution that is acceptable to both sides.
adequate enough in quantity, or of a good enough standard. Adequate sounds rather formal and is used especially in official contexts:
an adequate supply of drinking water
adequate standards of hygiene
decent especially spoken good enough in quality – used especially when something is as good as most other things:
I want my kids to get a decent education.
Where can I get a decent cup of coffee?
The food’s decent and the service is good.
passable satisfactory, but not of the best quality – used especially about food and drink, or someone’s skill at doing something. Passable sounds rather formal:
a passable French wine
His Japanese was passable.
a passable imitation of Barack Obama
be up to scratch informal to be of a good enough standard:
His work wasn’t up to scratch.
None of the hotels they suggested were up to scratch.
will do informal to be good enough for a particular purpose:
Any kind of paper will do.
‘How about Ken?’ ‘I suppose he’ll do.’

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