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or okay
1
as in alright
being to one's liking
that dinner was OK, but I liked yesterday's better
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2
as in satisfactory
of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards
this latest draft of the essay is OK but could be better
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or okay
1
as in fine
in a satisfactory way
you did OK on that last test
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2
as in yeah
used to express agreement
OK, fine, I'll go to the party
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or okay
as in approval
an acceptance of something as satisfactory
our supervisor gave his OK on the project, so we can go ahead with it
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or okay
1
as in to approve
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
a judge will have to OK the search warrant
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2
as in to accept
to have a favorable opinion of
I'm glad that my friends OK'd my choice of girlfriend
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Recent Examples of OK
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Griffin’s former school, Baylor University, also shared their relief that the family was okay.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Sometimes that gets me in trouble, and that’s okay.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Members of football teams, baseball teams, basketball teams, music had reached out to make sure that our family was okay.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
What’s not okay is the hypocrisy of backing forceful legislation that restricts what people, trans and otherwise, can do with their own bodies.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025
Gates visited Koie’s mountainside studio in Gifu with Koie’s daughter, who shared that her father would be okay with the studio decomposing into the mountain.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Others had been saying from the beginning that the relationship was okay.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2025
How To Tell If Your Lawn Needs Dethatching Some amount of thatch in your lawn is okay.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2025
Problems so painful that users are okay paying to solve it.
—Jay Sen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Is everybody recovering okay from the Stonehenge incident?
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
And if not, and if someone wants to go, what a weirdo, okay fine, all good.
—H. Alan Scott
jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Some of the effects, done by Lucas’s ILM, hold up okay, and Val Kilmer seems to be having a good time as the defender and sidekick of Warwick Davis’s Willow, but this sort of genre doesn’t seem to be up Howard’s alley.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
These items may work okay immediately following a flood, only to fail later due to contamination by dirty water, according to AAA Wisconsin.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
More recent offerings—from The Idea of You to Netflix’s My Oxford Year—have left me longing for a time when the economy was okay-ish, NPR was still funded, and Emma Stone still made broad comedies.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
Manley said Canada is doing okay despite the economic uncertainty.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Korangy said as long as a person is okay with not building equity then renting would be the obvious choice.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Griffin’s former school, Baylor University, also shared their relief that the family was okay.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Sometimes that gets me in trouble, and that’s okay.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Members of football teams, baseball teams, basketball teams, music had reached out to make sure that our family was okay.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
What’s not okay is the hypocrisy of backing forceful legislation that restricts what people, trans and otherwise, can do with their own bodies.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025
Gates visited Koie’s mountainside studio in Gifu with Koie’s daughter, who shared that her father would be okay with the studio decomposing into the mountain.
—Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Others had been saying from the beginning that the relationship was okay.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2025
How To Tell If Your Lawn Needs Dethatching Some amount of thatch in your lawn is okay.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
That extra step takes the hairline from okay to flawless.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2025
Problems so painful that users are okay paying to solve it.
—Jay Sen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Is everybody recovering okay from the Stonehenge incident?
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
And if not, and if someone wants to go, what a weirdo, okay fine, all good.
—H. Alan Scott
jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Some of the effects, done by Lucas’s ILM, hold up okay, and Val Kilmer seems to be having a good time as the defender and sidekick of Warwick Davis’s Willow, but this sort of genre doesn’t seem to be up Howard’s alley.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
These items may work okay immediately following a flood, only to fail later due to contamination by dirty water, according to AAA Wisconsin.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
More recent offerings—from The Idea of You to Netflix’s My Oxford Year—have left me longing for a time when the economy was okay-ish, NPR was still funded, and Emma Stone still made broad comedies.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
Manley said Canada is doing okay despite the economic uncertainty.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
There were also issues with an overlapping property line, apparently okayed in the 1970s but not allowed now.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for OK
Adjective
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In the first clip, he can be seen making sure his partner is alright before the two get up to try again.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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First, Netflix received rave reviews and an impressive haul of Emmys for Adolescence, an eerie and unsettling four-part limited series that posited that kids today, young men in particular, are not alright.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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How many grafts does each zone need to achieve a satisfactory outcome for the eye?—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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If someone asks if arrangements are satisfactory?—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Though the album’s genres are superficially diverse—you’ll hear flashes of grunge, trap, and, yes, reggae—its arrangements could work fine as royalty-free background music for content creators.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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The league constitution grants Goodell the authority to fine, suspend or even terminate the contract of a coach for conduct detrimental to the league.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant at the site — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The American Chiropractic Association has endorsed Avocado mattresses since 2020 and the mattress is 100% organic from its materials to production process, which gives Kovac all the more reason to give the bed a five-star approval from me.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tesla’s board just recommended that shareholders approve a trillion-dollar pay package to incentivize Musk to focus on Tesla.—
Senior Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Electronic Arts' Board of Directors has approved the acquisition, which is expected to be finalized in the first quarter of fiscal year 2027.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Tennessee Department of Education provided a list of more than 200 schools accepting scholarship students for the 2025-26 school year.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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The planning commission accepted the recommendation, with a small modification related to how medical clinics are defined in the Land Development Code.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
-
Kerzka and the others did their best to comfort them, to bandage small wounds; the most critically injured were already at the hospital.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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But in one of his best performances in an Arsenal shirt so far, Zubimendi quickly went about making a difference.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Seventy-nine percent said cash and gift cards are more acceptable today than in the past.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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This behavior is legally acceptable in some towns and unclear or forbidden in others.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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“OK.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/OK. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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