desirableadjective
uk/dɪˈzaɪə.rə.bəl/us/dɪˈzaɪr.ə.bəl/desirable adjective (WANTED)
B2 worth having and wanted by most people:
Reducing class sizes in schools is a desirable aim.
It's regarded as a highly desirable job.
The house is in a very desirable area of the city.
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- This underdeveloped area is much less desirable to investors than one of the major centres.
- Surely a diplomatic solution is more desirable than war.
- If the youngsters learn to live useful and independent lives, that must surely be the most desirable outcome
- I'd say that having the vaccination before you travel is desirable, but it's not compulsory.
- Well, if this argument makes him move out, that's quite a desirable result, wouldn't you say?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liked, or not liked, by many people
- acquire
- an acquired taste idiom
- be in sb's good/bad books idiom
- be the new rock and roll idiom
- be welcome to idiom
- cross
- gain
- golden boy/girl
- killer app
- lose
- lose ground idiom
- must-have
- out on a limb idiom
- pack
- pop
- top-rated
- undesirable
- unlovable
- unpopular
- unwanted
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desirable adjective (ATTRACTIVE)
sexually attractive:
a highly desirable man
desirably
adverb uk/dɪˈzaɪə.rə.bli/us/dɪˈzaɪr.ə.bli/