respectableadjective
uk/rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/us/rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/B2 considered to be socially acceptable because of your good character, appearance, or behaviour:
a respectable young woman from a good family
This part of the city has become quite respectable in the last ten years.
I wore my boring, respectable suit to the interview.
C2 A respectable amount or quality is large enough or of a good enough standard to be acceptable:
She earns a respectable salary.
The final score was a respectable 2–1.
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- She wrote dull, respectable articles for the local newspaper.
- He let out a torrent of abuse, none of it printable in a respectable daily newspaper.
- It's a perfectly respectable way to earn a living.
- She was from a very respectable family.
- I did the course in a respectable 45 minutes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- felicitous
- fit in
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- keeping
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
- suitable
- valid
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Idiom(s)
make yourself respectable