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1. Deserving honor, respect, or admiration: admirable, commendable, creditable, deserving, estimable, exemplary, honorable, laudable, meritorious, praiseworthy, reputable, worthy. See good/bad, praise/blame, respect/contempt/standing, value/worthlessness/evaluation.
2. Conforming to accepted standards: becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, right, seemly. See courtesy/discourtesy.
3. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, decent, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal OK, tidy. See good/bad.
4. Somewhat big: biggish, goodly, largish, sizable. See big/small/amount.
5. Proper in appearance: presentable. Informal decent. See good/bad, usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: good, honest
Antonyms: bad, corrupt, dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, unrespectable, unworthy

adj

Definition: substantial, ample
Antonyms: cheap, inadequate, miserly, paltry, small

IN BRIEF: adj. - Characterized by proper behavior or conventional conduct.

Respectable men and women content with the good and easy living are missing some of the most important things in life. Unless you give yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live. — William P. Merrill

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For a list of words related to respectable, see:

• Proper, Courteous, Refined, or Puritanical

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - respektabel, anset, pæn, hæderlig, præsentabel

Nederlands (Dutch)
fatsoenlijk, achtenswaardig, behoorlijk, tamelijk veel

Français (French)
adj. - respectable, honorable, convenable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - respektabel, ehrbar, angesehen, ordentlich, beachtlich, anständig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αξιοσέβαστος, ευυπόληπτος, σεβαστός, έντιμος, υποφερτός, αρκετά καλός, ευπρεπής, σημαντικός

Italiano (Italian)
rispettabile, decoroso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - respeitável, sério

Русский (Russian)
уважаемый, респектабельный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - respetable, honorable, decente, decoroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - respektabel, anständig, passande, aktningsvärd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
值得尊重的, 不少的, 人格高尚的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 值得尊重的, 不少的, 人格高尚的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 존경할 만한, 품행이 방정한, 흉하지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - きちんとした, 尊敬すべき, 立派な, まずまずの, かなりの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جدير بالإحترام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מכובד, די הרבה, נאה, ראוי להערכה, הגון‬

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