He is said to have been a man of respectable position.
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Respectable
/[ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩]/
Synonyms for "respectable" (183 found)
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Strong matches (55)
Related words (91)
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prestigiouspretty goodprincipledproperpurereasonablerefinedreputedrespectedreveredreverendrightright mindedright-mindedrighteoussatisfactoryseemlysensiblesignificantsizablesmartso soso-sospotlessstainlesssterlingstraightsubstantialsufficientsuitabletedioustidytolerabletrue-dealingtrue-devotedtrue-disposingtrue-souledtrue-spiritedtrueheartedunblemisheduncorruptuncorruptedundefiledunexceptionableunimpeachableunobjectionableunspottedunstainedunsullieduntarnisheduprightuprighteousvapidveneratedvirtuouswell-thought-ofwishy washywishy-washyworkmanlikeworshipfulworthyyeomanly
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48 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- محترم adj (deserving respect)
Bulgarian
4 entries- почтен adj (deserving respect)
- приемлив adj (decent; satisfactory)
- приличен adj (decent; satisfactory)
- уважаван adj (deserving respect)
Catalan
1 entries- respectable adj (deserving respect)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ adj (deserving respect)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 受人尊敬的 adj (deserving respect)
- 可敬 adj (deserving respect)
- 尊貴 /尊贵 adj (deserving respect)
- 體面的 /体面的 adj (deserving respect)
Czech
2 entries- vážený adj (deserving respect)
- úctyhodný adj (deserving respect)
Danish
1 entries- respektabel adj (deserving respect)
Esperanto
1 entries- respektinda adj (deserving respect)
Finnish
3 entries- kelvollinen adj (decent; satisfactory)
- kunnioitettava adj (deserving respect)
- kunnollinen adj (decent; satisfactory)
French
3 entries- convenable adj (decent; satisfactory)
- pas mal adj (decent; satisfactory)
- respectable adj (deserving respect)
Galician
1 entries- respectable adj (deserving respect)
German
2 entries- angesehen adj (deserving respect)
- geachtet adj (deserving respect)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 adj (deserving respect)
Greek
3 entries- αξιοσέβαστος adj (deserving respect)
- ευυπόληπτος adj (deserving respect)
- σεβαστός adj (decent; satisfactory)
Ido
1 entries- respektinda adj (deserving respect)
Irish
1 entries- oiriúnach adj (deserving respect)
Italian
1 entries- rispettabile adj (deserving respect)
Japanese
1 entries- 尊ぶべき adj (deserving respect)
Latin
1 entries- reverendus adj (deserving respect)
Norman
1 entries- respectabl'ye adj (deserving respect)
Polish
1 entries- godny szacunku adj (deserving respect)
Portuguese
2 entries- razoável adj (decent; satisfactory)
- respeitável adj (deserving respect)
Romanian
1 entries- respectabil adj (deserving respect)
Russian
3 entries- почте́нный adj (deserving respect)
- респекта́бельный adj (deserving respect)
- уважа́емый adj (deserving respect)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रमुख adj (deserving respect)
Spanish
1 entries- respetable adj (deserving respect)
Telugu
1 entries- మర్యాదైన adj (deserving respect)
Turkish
2 entries- saygıdeğer adj (deserving respect)
- saygın adj (deserving respect)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пова́жний adj (deserving respect)
- присто́йний adj (decent; satisfactory)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I know some most respectable people in the town.
Source: tatoeba (254575)
I hope to earn a respectable income by the time I settle down.
Source: tatoeba (269820)
He is respectable in every way.
Source: tatoeba (288873)
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