Antonyms for acceptable
ækˈsɛp tə bəlac·cept·able

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1. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

2. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

3. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

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1. acceptable

   Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

   Antonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acceptable

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful, unwelcome, disagreeable, unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   grateful, pleasant, welcome, agreeable, pleasure, seasonable, gratifying

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1. • Linguistics

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. acceptableadjective

   worthy of acceptance or satisfactory

   "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

   Antonyms:
   bad, exceptionable, unfit, objectionable, nonstandard, unacceptable

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

2. acceptableadjective

   judged to be in conformity with approved usage

   "acceptable English usage"

   Antonyms:
   exceptionable, bad, unfit, nonstandard, objectionable, unacceptable

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

3. satisfactory, acceptableadjective

   meeting requirements

   "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

   Antonyms:
   bad, unfit, unacceptable, exceptionable, objectionable, nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

4. acceptableadjective

   adequate for the purpose

   "the water was acceptable for drinking"

   Antonyms:
   unfit, bad, objectionable, nonstandard, exceptionable, unacceptable

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

How to use acceptable in a sentence?

1. Armin Laschet:

   We need to manage the whole thing in a socially acceptable way or the country collapses.

2. Public Information Peter Thorne:

   No escape from our facilities is ever acceptable and we are taking every step to locate and return this individual to custody, a thorough investigation into how this occurred is underway to ensure that this does not happen again, and disciplinary action, if warranted, will be taken at the conclusion of the investigation.

3. Harold Medina:

   Given the father's history, our detectives are looking at every factor that may have contributed to Friday's tragic shooting, it is not acceptable that a child had access to a gun and took it to school.

4. Trish Nelson:

   I have been groped... I have been humiliated. And that was just a part of the job. This is not acceptable behavior, even though my contributions are less than what Mario Batali has contributed, it doesn't mean that I don't matter.

5. Geoffrey Fieger:

   He committed no crime whatsoever, this can not be acceptable in a civilized society.

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