Decent
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English
Adjective
Decent (comparative more Decent, superlative most Decent)
- (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
- (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
- Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
- Are you decent? May I come in?
- Fair; good enough; okay.
- He's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.
- Significant; substantial.
- There are a decent number of references out there, if you can find them.
Adverbs for Decent
decorously; utterly; entirely; honestly; modestly; admirably; habitually; conventionally; eminently; innately; inherently; notably; chastely; suitably; naturally; appropriately; unobtrusively; superbly; remarkably; essentially; palpably; obviously; extraordinarily; unaffectedly.
Synonyms for Decent
respectable, decorous, modest, chaste, seemly, befitting, proper.
Antonyms for Decent
indecent, improper, lewd, obscene.
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Thesaurus
Christian, Christlike, Christly, OK, acceptable, accepted, accommodating, according to Hoyle, acknowledged, adequate, admissible, admitted, advantageous, advisable, affable, affectionate, agreeable, all right, amiable, ample, appropriate, approved, ascetic, austere, average, barely sufficient, becoming, befitting, being done, benevolent, benign, benignant, better than nothing, blameless, brotherly, chaste, civil, clean, comfortable, comme il faut, commensurate, common, compassionate, competent, complaisant, compliant, condign, conformable, conforming, congruous, considerate, convenient, conventional, correct, corresponding, courteous, creditable, customary, de rigueur, decorous, delicate, desirable, dignified, due, elegant, enough, equal to, erect, estimable, ethical, expedient, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fate, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, formal, fraternal, friendly, fructuous, full of integrity, generous, genteel, good, good enough, goodish, gracious, happy, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, human, humane, immaculate, indulgent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, likely, loving, manly, mannerly, mediocre, meet, middling, minimal, minimum, moderate, modest, moral, nice, noble, normal, normative, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not outstanding, not so bad, obliging, okay, opportune, ordinary, orthodox, overindulgent, overpermissive, passable, permissive, plenty, plenty good enough, polite, politic, presentable, pretty good, principled, profitable, proper, proportionate, pure, reasonable, received, recognized, recommendable, reputable, respectable, right, right and proper, right-minded, righteous, rightful, rigid, satisfactory, seasonable, seemly, severe, so so, softhearted, sortable, spotless, stainless, sterling, strict, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, sympathetic, sympathizing, tasteful, tender, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tidy, timely, to be desired, tolerable, traditional, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unimpressive, unobjectionable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, up to, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, urbane, useful, virtuous, warm, warmhearted, well-bred, well-timed, wise, workmanlike, worthwhile, worthy, yeomanly
Etymology
From Middle French décent, or its source, Latin decēns, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *deke-, from base *dek- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”) (compare Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokein, “to appear, seem, think”), δέχεσθαι (dekhesthai, “to accept”); Sanskrit dacasyati (“shows honor, is gracious”), dacati (“makes offerings, bestows”)). Meaning kind, pleasant is from 1902.
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