Decent

Synonyms for "decent" (260 found)

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Strong matches (78)

Related words (130)

law-loving law-revering likely loving manly mannerly mediocre meet middling minimal minimum moderate moral nice noble normal normative not amiss not bad not half bad

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not outstanding not so bad obliging ok okay opportune ordinary orthodox overindulgent overpermissive passable permissive plenty plenty good enough polite politic presentable pretty good principled profitable proper proportionate pure reasonable received recognized recommendable reputable right right and proper right minded right-minded righteous rightful rigid savory seasonable seemly severe so so softhearted solid sortable spotless square stainless sterling straight strict substantial sufficient sufficient for sufficing suitable sympathetic sympathizing tasteful tender tenderhearted thoughtful tidy timely to be desired tolerable traditional true-dealing true-devoted true-disposing true-souled true-spirited truehearted unblemished uncorrupt uncorrupted undefiled unexceptionable unexceptional unimpeachable unimpressive unobjectionable unspotted unstained unsullied untarnished up to upright uprighteous upstanding urbane useful virtuous warm warmhearted well-bred well-timed wise workmanlike worthwhile worthy yeomanly

Adjective(6 words)

moral positive regular satisfactory snug wonderful

Adjective(2 words)

nice satisfactory

Adverb(2 words)

properly right

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

indecent

Synonyms

3 entries

decently fitting satisfactory

Related terms

2 entries

decency decently

derived

8 entries

decentish decentness do the decent thing half-decent halfway decent jolly D semidecent undecent

related to

16 entries

appropriate clean clothed decency decently decorous dressed fair fairness integrity moral okay proper significant substantial uprightness

similar

9 entries

clean decorous good modest proper respectable unobjectionable

Translations

175 translations across 35 languages.

Azerbaijani

4 entries

dürüst adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
düz-əməlli adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
düz-əməlli adj (fair; good enough; okay)
fərli adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Belarusian

1 entries

прысто́йны adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Bulgarian

4 entries

благоприли́чен adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
значи́телен adj (significant; substantial)
прие́млив adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)
прили́чен adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

不賴 /不赖 adj (fair; good enough; okay)
不錯 /不错 adj (fair; good enough; okay)
正派 adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
體面 /体面 adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Czech

3 entries

slušný adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
slušný adj (fair; good enough; okay)
slušný adj (significant; substantial)

Danish

4 entries

anstændig adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)
anstændig adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
anstændig adj (sufficiently clothed)
anstændig adj (significant; substantial)

Dutch

4 entries

fatsoenlijk adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
integer adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
redelijk adj (fair; good enough; okay)
significant adj (significant; substantial)

Finnish

4 entries

huomattava adj (significant; substantial)
ihan hyvä adj (fair; good enough; okay)
kelpo adj (fair; good enough; okay)
kelvollinen adj (significant; substantial)

French

4 entries

décent adj (sufficiently clothed)
décent adj (fair; good enough; okay)
intègre adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
substantiel adj (significant; substantial)

Galician

4 entries

decente adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)
decente adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
decente adj (sufficiently clothed)
decente adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Georgian

4 entries

ზრდილი adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
შესაფერისი adj (sufficiently clothed)
შესაფერისი adj (fair; good enough; okay)
წესიერი adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

German

4 entries

(ganz) anständig adj (fair; good enough; okay)
aaschtändig adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
anständig adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
anständig adj (significant; substantial)

Greek

3 entries

ευπρεπής adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
κόσμιος adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
της προκοπής adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Hebrew

2 entries

הגון adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
יָשָׁר adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Hindi

4 entries

उचित adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)
उचित adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
उचित adj (fair; good enough; okay)
उपयुक्त adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)

Hungarian

4 entries

derék adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
elfogadható adj (fair; good enough; okay)
ildomos adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)
illedelmes adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)

Icelandic

1 entries

viðeigandi adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Indonesian

1 entries

baik adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Ingrian

3 entries

vernoi adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
viksi adj (fair; good enough; okay)
viksu adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Irish

1 entries

gnaíúil adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Italian

2 entries

perbene adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
presentabile adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Macedonian

1 entries

пристоен adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

anstendig adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
anstendig adj (sufficiently clothed)
anstendig adj (significant; substantial)
bra nok adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Polish

4 entries

niezły adj (fair; good enough; okay)
przyzwoity adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)
przyzwoity adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
właściwy adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)

Portuguese

4 entries

decente adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
decente adj (sufficiently clothed)
decente adj (fair; good enough; okay)
digno adj (appropriate, suitable for the circumstances)

Russian

4 entries

благоприли́чный adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
благопристо́йный adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
значи́тельный adj (significant; substantial)
неплохо́й adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

cothromach adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
cothromach adj (fair; good enough; okay)
iomchaidh adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

prístōjan adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
при́сто̄јан adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Slovak

1 entries

slušný adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Slovene

4 entries

dostojen adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
dostojen adj (sufficiently clothed)
spodoben adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
spodoben adj (sufficiently clothed)

Spanish

3 entries

decente adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)
decente adj (fair; good enough; okay)
decente adj (significant; substantial)

Sundanese

1 entries

bener adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Swedish

3 entries

anständig adj (sufficiently clothed)
hyfsad adj (fair; good enough; okay)
sedesam adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Turkish

4 entries

adam gibi adj (significant; substantial)
edepli adj (sufficiently clothed)
giyinik adj (sufficiently clothed)
makul adj (fair; good enough; okay)

Ukrainian

1 entries

присто́йний adj (showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why don't you get yourself a decent house?

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I'd like to live in a decent house.

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It's very decent of you to help me.

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Get yourself a decent suit.

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