It is desirable that you should attend the meeting.
Source: tatoeba (49155)
Desirable
//dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl//
Synonyms for "desirable" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
58 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dëshirueshëm adj (suitable to be desired)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐφετός adj (suitable to be desired)
Armenian
1 entries- ցանկալի adj (suitable to be desired)
Bulgarian
2 entries- желан adj (suitable to be desired)
- желателен adj (suitable to be desired)
Catalan
1 entries- desitjable adj (suitable to be desired)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 令人滿意的 /令人满意的 adj (suitable to be desired)
- 合乎願望的 /合乎愿望的 adj (suitable to be desired)
- 合意 adj (suitable to be desired)
Czech
1 entries- žádoucí adj (suitable to be desired)
Danish
1 entries- ønskelig adj (suitable to be desired)
Dutch
1 entries- wenselijk adj (suitable to be desired)
Esperanto
1 entries- dezirinda adj (suitable to be desired)
Finnish
4 entries- haluttava adj (suitable to be desired)
- haluttu adj (suitable to be desired)
- toivottava adj (suitable to be desired)
- toivottu adj (suitable to be desired)
French
2 entries- désirable adj (suitable to be desired)
- souhaitable adj (suitable to be desired)
Galician
1 entries- desexábel adj (suitable to be desired)
Georgian
2 entries- სანატრელი adj (suitable to be desired)
- სასურველი adj (suitable to be desired)
German
4 entries- begehrenswert adj (suitable to be desired)
- erstrebenswert adj (suitable to be desired)
- erstrebsam adj (suitable to be desired)
- erwünscht adj (suitable to be desired)
Greek
1 entries- επιθυμητός adj (suitable to be desired)
Hebrew
3 entries- מבוקש adj (suitable to be desired)
- נחשק adj (suitable to be desired)
- רצוי adj (suitable to be desired)
Hungarian
1 entries- kívánatos adj (suitable to be desired)
Italian
1 entries- desiderabile adj (suitable to be desired)
Japanese
1 entries- 望ましい adj (suitable to be desired)
Latin
1 entries- optābilis adj (suitable to be desired)
Macedonian
2 entries- пожелен adj (suitable to be desired)
- посакуван adj (suitable to be desired)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ønskelig adj (suitable to be desired)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- ynskeleg adj (suitable to be desired)
- ynskjeleg adj (suitable to be desired)
- ønskeleg adj (suitable to be desired)
- ønskjeleg adj (suitable to be desired)
Polish
1 entries- pożądany adj (suitable to be desired)
Portuguese
1 entries- desejável adj (suitable to be desired)
Romanian
2 entries- de dorit adj (suitable to be desired)
- dezirabil adj (suitable to be desired)
Russian
2 entries- жела́нный adj (suitable to be desired)
- жела́тельный adj (suitable to be desired)
Spanish
2 entries- conveniente adj (suitable to be desired)
- deseable adj (suitable to be desired)
Swedish
3 entries- eftersträvansvärd adj (suitable to be desired)
- åtråvärd adj (suitable to be desired)
- önskvärd adj (suitable to be desired)
Thai
3 entries- ตามปรารถนา adj (suitable to be desired)
- พึงประสงค์ adj (suitable to be desired)
- เป็นที่ต้องการ adj (suitable to be desired)
Turkish
1 entries- tatminkar adj (suitable to be desired)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ба́жаний adj (suitable to be desired)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I find Italian food very desirable.
Source: tatoeba (66425)
It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable.
Source: tatoeba (237003)
It is desirable that atomic energy should be used for peaceful purposes.
Source: tatoeba (239469)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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