Antonyms for decent
ˈdi səntde·cent

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1. decentadjective

   Antonyms:
   indecent

2. decentadjective

   Antonyms:
   indecent

3. decentadjective

   Antonyms:
   indecent

4. decentadjective

   Are you decent? May I come in?

   Antonyms:
   indecent

5. decentadjective

   He's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.

   Antonyms:
   indecent

6. decentadjective

   There are a decent number of references out there, if you can find them.

   Antonyms:
   indecent

7. decentadjective

   A sable stole of cyprus lawn / Over thy decent shoulders drawn Milton.

   Antonyms:
   indecent

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1. decent

   That is becoming in dress which suits the complexion, figure, and other qualities of the wearer, so as to produce on the whole a pleasing effect. That is decent which does not offend modesty or propriety. That is suitable which is adapted to the age, station, situation, and other circumstances of the wearer; coarse, heavy boots are suitable for farm-work; a juvenile style of dress is not suitable for an old lady. In conduct much the same rules apply. The dignity and gravity of a patriarch would not be becoming to a child; at a funeral lively, cheery sociability would not be decorous, while noisy hilarity would not be decent; sumptuous display would not be suitable for a poor person. Fit is a compendious term for whatever fits the person, time, place, occasion, etc.; as, a fit person; a fit abode; a fit place. Fitting, or befitting, is somewhat more elegant, implying a nicer adaptation. Meet, a somewhat archaic word, expresses a moral fitness; as, meet for heaven. Compare BEAUTIFUL.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, improper, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable

   Synonyms:
   becoming, befitting, beseeming, comely, congruous, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, proper, seemly, suitable, worthy

   Preposition:
   The dress was becoming to the wearer. Such conduct was becoming in him.

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1. decent, niceadjective

   socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

   "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

   Antonyms:
   improper, unrespectable, gross, immodest, deficient, Hollywood, crude, suggestive, indelicate, indecent, obscene, vulgar, insufficient, earthy

   Synonyms:
   comme il faut, courteous, overnice, adequate, decorous, comely, becoming, squeamish, gracious, dainty, enough, skillful, nice, prissy, seemly

2. becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemlyadjective

   according with custom or propriety

   "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"

   Antonyms:
   suggestive, obscene, indelicate, improper, immodest, deficient, earthy, unrespectable, Hollywood, insufficient, gross, vulgar, crude, indecent

   Synonyms:
   comme il faut, fair, bonnie, adequate, becoming, comely, bonny, enough, nice, decorous, sightly, seemly

3. decentadjective

   conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

   "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana

   Antonyms:
   Hollywood, improper, unrespectable, indecent, obscene, indelicate, earthy, gross, deficient, vulgar, suggestive, immodest, crude, insufficient

   Synonyms:
   comme il faut, adequate, decorous, comely, becoming, enough, nice, seemly

4. adequate, decent, enoughadjective

   sufficient for the purpose

   "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

   Antonyms:
   improper, unrespectable, obscene, earthy, immodest, indelicate, vulgar, insufficient, gross, Hollywood, deficient, crude, indecent, suggestive

   Synonyms:
   comme il faut, fair to middling, comely, tolerable, passable, becoming, equal, decorous, adequate, enough, nice, seemly

5. decentadjective

   decently clothed

   "are you decent?"

   Antonyms:
   insufficient, earthy, vulgar, improper, obscene, suggestive, immodest, crude, Hollywood, indecent, indelicate, deficient, gross, unrespectable

   Synonyms:
   comme il faut, adequate, decorous, comely, becoming, enough, nice, seemly

6. decentadverb

   observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

   "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"

   Antonyms:
   deficient, Hollywood, crude, vulgar, suggestive, immodest, unrespectable, indecent, obscene, earthy, improper, gross, indelicate, insufficient

   Synonyms:
   comme il faut, adequate, decorous, comely, becoming, enough, nice, seemly

7. properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right wayadverb

   in the right manner

   "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

   Antonyms:
   indelicate, Hollywood, suggestive, immodest, insufficient, crude, deficient, gross, obscene, vulgar, unrespectable, earthy, improper, indecent

   Synonyms:
   in good order, the right way, by rights, powerful, decently, justly, flop, properly, right on, mightily, right, correctly, mighty, aright

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1. decentadjective

   Antonyms:
   indecent

   Synonyms:
   suitable, modest, decorous, seemly, respectable

How to use decent in a sentence?

1. New York:

   Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man.

2. Nayib Bukele:

   So if people have an opportunity for decent jobs, a decent education, a decent health care system and security, I know that forced migration will be reduced to zero.

3. Mark Zee:

   For the big 50 airlines, they have the resources to dedicate a security department to the job, for everyone else - and that is thousands of operators, I can tell you that many of them have a really hard time making a decent risk assessment. I see it in the emails we get every day.

4. Joe Biden:

   You also supported another man I admire, I don't know nearly as well, but I admire ... Mitt Romney, who is a man of honor and decent man.

5. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer:

   His defense … that he did n’t realize he was at a party is so ridiculous that it’s actually offensive to the British public, he’s finally been forced to admit what everyone knew, that when the whole country was locked down he was hosting boozing parties in Downing Street. Is he now going to do the decent thing and resign ?

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