- satisfactory; adequate
- pleasing; welcome
- tolerable
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ac•cept•a•ble /ækˈsɛptəbəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
ac•cept•a•bly, adv. See -cep-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- worthy or capable of being accepted or received.
- meeting only minimum requirements:barely acceptable school grades.
- capable of being endured; tolerable:acceptable risks.
ac•cept•a•bly, adv. See -cep-.
ac•cept•a•ble
(ak sep′tə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
ac•cept′a•bil′i•ty, ac•cept′a•ble•ness, n.
ac•cept′a•bly, adv.
- capable or worthy of being accepted.
- pleasing to the receiver;
satisfactory;
agreeable;
welcome. - meeting only minimum requirements;
barely adequate:an acceptable performance. - capable of being endured;
tolerable;
bearable:acceptable levels of radiation.
- Late Latin acceptābilis. See accept, -able
- Middle English 1350–1400
ac•cept′a•bly, adv.
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acceptable /əkˈsɛptəbəl/ adj
'acceptable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acceptance
- all right
- alright
- and/or
- angry
- avenge
- Bantu
- belong
- bid
- bulk
- buy
- composition
- consider
- criterion
- deviant
- different
- done
- double negative
- doubt
- doubtful
- dress code
- due
- dynamic range
- either
- etiquette
- excepting
- familiar
- filter
- fine
- get
- go
- goer
- grammatical
- grow on
- he
- hopefully
- ilk
- ill
- -ize
- Lady Macbeth strategy
- legitimate
- liable
- like
- manners
- muster
- mutual
- neuronormative
- nonstandard
- oblivious
- acceptive