Synonyms of acceptability

acceptability

noun

as in adequacy

the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately

the acceptability of a broken key or two on a secondhand piano might depend on which keys are broken

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adequacy
• goodness
• sufficiency
• amplitude
• appropriateness
• fitness
• satisfactoriness
• suitability
• tolerability
• correctness
• abundance
• properness
• rightness
• surplus
• suitableness
• seemliness
• bountifulness
• excess
• opulence
• overabundance
• copiousness
• oversupply
• surfeit
• plentifulness
• plenitude
• plenty
• plenteousness
• plentitude

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inadequacy
• insufficiency
• lack
• shortage
• deficit
• inadequateness
• unsatisfactoriness
• scarcity
• poverty
• want
• necessity
• famine
• crunch
• dearth
• rarity
• paucity
• need
• meagerness
• privation
• scantiness
• rareness
• skimpiness
• scarceness
• poorness
• scantness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of acceptability

While Ra'am's eight lawmakers could help Eisenkot establish a government, Liberman has rejected relying on Arab parties, and the political acceptability of such an arrangement remains disputed within the bloc. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Attacks aimed at Democrat Abdul El-Sayed have brought back painful memories for some in a contest that has raised questions about the acceptability of Islamophobia in politics. — Laura Beveridge, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026

Today, everyone from the Economist to the New York Times has heralded the coming psychedelics renaissance, as hallucinogens begin to gain greater cultural, medical and commercial acceptability. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

The rate has been gradually dropping for decades, due to cigarette taxes, tobacco product price hikes, smoking bans, public education campaigns and changes in the social acceptability of lighting up in public. — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 29 May 2026

People who feel othered often describe exhaustion from performing acceptability. — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

The ethical acceptability of working with animal remains does not depend solely on whether the animal is already dead. — Sam Zeveloff, STAT, 9 May 2026

Comment sections, therefore, are also important fields in which the acceptability of certain types of speech is tested and negotiated. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026

Ultimately, the voters decide on acceptability. — Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026