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passable

  (păs'ə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. That can be passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable: a passable road.
  2. Acceptable for general circulation: passable currency.
  3. Satisfactory but not outstanding; adequate: The actors gave passable performances but the singers seemed unrehearsed.
  4. That can be legislated: a passable bill.
passableness pass'a·ble·ness n.
passably pass'a·bly adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: passable

adjective

  1. Capable of being passed, traversed, or crossed: navigable, negotiable. See open/close.
  2. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, decent, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal OK, tidy. See good/bad.

 
Antonyms: passable

adj

Definition: acceptable, admissible
Antonyms: excellent, exceptional, superior, unacceptable

adj

Definition: clear and able to be traveled
Antonyms: blocked, impassable, obstructed


 
WordNet: passable
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: able to be passed or traversed or crossed
  Antonym: impassable (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: about average; acceptable
  Synonyms: adequate, fair to middling

Meaning #3: neither good nor bad
  Synonyms: indifferent, so-so, tolerable


 
Translations: Translations for: Passable

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - farbar, gangbar, nogenlunde

Nederlands (Dutch)
begaanbaar, maar net acceptabel

Français (French)
adj. - praticable, franchissable, passable, assez bon

Deutsch (German)
adj. - passierbar, annehmbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βατός, διαβατός, υποφερτός, καλούτσικος

Italiano (Italian)
praticabile, passabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - passável

Русский (Russian)
сносный, проходимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pasable, tolerable, admisible, transitable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - farbar, skaplig, gångbar

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
可通行的, 尚可的, 可渡过的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可通行的, 尚可的, 可渡過的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 통행할 수 있는, 쓸만한, 유통될 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 通行できる, 通用する, 可決できる, まずまずの, 無難な, 合格できる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سالك, صالح للسير, طريق يمكن عبوره, قابل للتداول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עביר, מניח את הדעת, בינוני, לא רע, מספק‬


 
 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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