Thesaurus
respectable
Synonyms and Antonyms of respectable
1
having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge
2
following the accepted rules of moral conduct
bad, blackguardly, corrupt, criminal, crooked, evil, immoral, iniquitous, knavish, mean, nefarious, rascally, reprehensible, roguish, rotten, scoundrelly, sinful
unfair, unscrupulous, vile, villainous, wicked, wretched
blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable
debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, disgraceful, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, profligate, reprobate, shameful, venal
3
following the established traditions of refined society and good taste
4
of a level of quality that meets oneʼs needs or standards
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fairish, fine, good, OK (or okay), passable, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable
up to snuff
disagreeable, disreputable, improper, indecent, objectionable, unfit, unsuitable, unworthy, useless, wrong
bad, cheap, defective, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, lamentable, pitiful, shoddy
insufficient, meager (or meagre), mean, miserly, niggardly, poor, scanty, shabby, short, skimpy, spare, stingy
insufferable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
atrocious, execrable, miserable, vile, wretched
exceptional, exquisite, extreme, fancy, first-class, high-grade, matchless, maximized, maximum, optimal, optimum, peerless, preeminent, premium, special, supreme, unmatched, unparalleled
A1, bang-up, banner, boss [slang], capital, classic, crackerjack, dandy, divine, fabulous, fine, first-rate, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, prime, sensational, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful
5
sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention
biggish, considerable, good, goodly, handsome, healthy, largish, major, significant, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, substantive, tidy
big, bulky, hefty, hulking, outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), voluminous
astronomical (also astronomic), bumper, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, great, herculean, huge, immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, whopping
measly, minute, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, puny, trifling, trivial, unimportant
marginal, meager (or meagre), slight
little, small, tiny, undersized (also undersize)
bitty, diminutive, miniature, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, smallish
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