Synonyms of all right

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adjective

1

as in OK

being to one's liking

it's all right with me if you wear jeans to the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• OK
• fine
• alright
• good
• satisfactory
• acceptable
• agreeable
• pleasing
• nice
• palatable
• delicious
• copacetic
• jake
• delightful
• hunky-dory
• pleasant
• ducky
• welcome
• adequate
• gratifying
• dreamy
• felicitous
• tolerable
• delectable
• decent
• scrumptious
• passable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsatisfactory
• disagreeable
• poor
• bad
• wanting
• unacceptable
• inferior
• deficient
• lousy
• wretched
• substandard
• mediocre
• second-class
• punk
• middling
• second-rate

2

as in safe

not exposed to the threat of loss or injury

as soon as we heard the rescue helicopter, we knew we were all right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• safe
• alright
• secure
• home free
• well
• whole
• sound
• unharmed
• intact
• healthy
• hale
• unscathed
• unhurt
• uninjured
• scatheless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subject (to)
• susceptible
• vulnerable
• open
• liable
• unsafe
• exposed
• insecure
• threatened
• endangered
• imperiled
• injured
• violable
• hurt
• damaged
• wounded
• harmed
• scathed

3

as in adequate

of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards

it wasn't a great meal, but it was all right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adequate
• decent
• fine
• satisfactory
• good
• OK
• acceptable
• up to snuff
• useful
• respectable
• tolerable
• serviceable
• suitable
• passable
• worthy
• minimal
• fairish
• average
• appropriate
• ordinary
• indifferent
• agreeable
• fitting
• standard
• bearable
• common
• due
• run-of-the-mine
• middling
• fair
• mediocre
• correct
• right
• proper
• satisfying
• meet
• endurable
• sufferable
• so-so
• gratifying
• run-of-the-mill
• second-rate
• unexceptional
• seemly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inadequate
• insufficient
• lacking
• wanting
• unacceptable
• wrong
• unsatisfactory
• useless
• deficient
• unworthy
• improper
• unsuitable
• objectionable
• unfit
• bad
• disagreeable
• incomplete
• defective
• imperfect
• indecent
• cheap
• disreputable
• short
• pitiful
• poor
• shoddy
• insufficient
• faulty
• lamentable
• mean
• spare
• meager
• intolerable
• special
• shabby
• maximum
• skimpy
• unbearable
• extreme
• stingy
• miserly
• scanty
• great
• optimal
• optimum
• exceptional
• unendurable
• supreme
• miserable
• insufferable
• fancy
• par excellence
• atrocious
• divine
• vile
• superior
• wretched
• exquisite
• top
• prime
• wonderful
• first-class
• unparalleled
• splendid
• dissatisfying
• terrific
• unmatched
• grand
• execrable
• classic
• superb
• neat
• premium
• noble
• matchless
• high-grade
• marvelous
• peerless
• heavenly
• banner
• keen
• sensational
• stellar
• fabulous
• superlative
• sterling
• preeminent
• capital
• dandy
• first-rate
• swell
• unsurpassed
• boss
• A1
• nifty
• supernal
• maximized
• groovy
• top-notch
• crackerjack
• tip-top
• bang-up
• jim-dandy

4

as in honorable

conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue

he's an all right guy, so if he says that's the way it happened, I believe him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honorable
• honest
• ethical
• true
• nice
• good
• moral
• decent
• worthy
• right
• straight
• just
• noble
• virtuous
• righteous
• upright
• respected
• correct
• proper
• legitimate
• right-minded
• pure
• exemplary
• innocent
• seemly
• decorous
• commendable
• reputable
• principled
• creditable
• esteemed
• clean
• unobjectionable
• rectitudinous
• immaculate
• guiltless
• irreproachable
• angelic
• scrupulous
• high-minded
• blameless
• incorruptible
• unerring
• spotless
• sanctimonious
• inoffensive
• moralistic
• menschy
• uncorrupted
• upstanding
• law-abiding
• pharisaical
• incorrupt
• lily-white
• self-righteous
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• bad
• evil
• wicked
• improper
• immoral
• sinful
• unseemly
• indecent
• dishonest
• incorrect
• unethical
• dishonorable
• unbecoming
• naughty
• unrighteous
• corrupt
• degenerate
• unscrupulous
• depraved
• perverted
• mean
• dissolute
• indecorous
• low
• infamous
• debased
• base
• atrocious
• unprincipled
• debauched
• vicious
• vile
• objectionable
• villainous
• offensive
• evil-minded
• libertine
• nefarious
• blameworthy
• iniquitous
• fallen
• reprobate
• errant
• erring

all right

2 of 2

adverb

1

as in good

in a satisfactory way

if everything goes all right, I should be back in a day or two

Synonyms & Similar Words

• good
• fine
• alright
• nicely
• well
• OK
• correctly
• adequately
• sufficiently
• decently
• so-so
• tolerably
• acceptably
• satisfactorily
• respectably
• creditably
• happily
• passably
• middlingly
• serviceably
• appropriately
• rightly
• efficiently
• aptly
• fittingly
• suitably
• seemly
• effectively
• neatly
• congruously
• felicitously
• satisfyingly
• meetly
• gratifyingly
• effectually
• decorously
• tidily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poorly
• badly
• ill
• bad
• inadequately
• insufficiently
• intolerably
• unsatisfactorily
• unacceptably
• incorrectly
• unbearably
• inappropriately
• terribly
• awfully
• deficiently
• horribly
• dreadfully
• miserably
• disastrously
• deplorably
• indecently
• unsuitably
• horrendously
• horridly

2

as in alright

used to express agreement

all right, I'll try one tiny bite of octopus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alright
• OK
• yes
• yeah
• yo
• positively
• exactly
• okeydoke
• aye
• certainly
• absolutely
• undoubtedly
• yep
• unquestionably
• indeed
• assuredly
• yea
• indisputably

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• no
• scarcely
• nay
• no way

3

as in definitely

without any question

he was there all right—I saw him sitting in the back row

Synonyms & Similar Words

• definitely
• certainly
• surely
• sure
• clearly
• for certain
• damn well
• probably
• really
• likely
• undoubtedly
• easily
• so
• truly
• for sure
• unquestionably
• by all means
• undeniably
• assuredly
• indeed
• doubtless
• indisputably
• hands down
• possibly
• perhaps
• plainly
• alright
• by all odds
• inarguably
• unarguably
• obviously
• incontestably
• incontrovertibly
• forsooth
• conceivably
• unmistakably

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of all right

Adjective

The first thing to know is that the baby is all right now. — Sarah Todd, STAT, 18 June 2026

Everyone’s just worried about everyone else and just making sure everyone’s all right. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026

If it doesn't get done in 60 days, that's all right. — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 June 2026

The big three on the blue line — Theodore, Hanifin and Andersson — are all right around 30, but Brayden McNabb is 35. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 15 June 2026

Video

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