Synonyms for desirable
dɪˈzaɪər ə bəlde·sir·able

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1. desirablenoun

   Antonyms:
   undesirable

2. desirableadjective

   describing something worth having, that is useful to have, or that would be nice to have.

   This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

   Antonyms:
   undesirable

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1. desirable

   Synonyms:
   expedient, advisable, valuable, acceptable, proper, judicious, beneficial, profitable, good, enviable, delightful

   Antonyms:
   undesirable, unadvisable, inexpedient, objectionable, improper, injudicious, unprofitable, evil

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1. desirableadjective

   worth having or seeking or achieving

   "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome"

   Synonyms:
   suitable, worthy

   Antonyms:
   unwanted, ineligible, unenviable, undesirable

2. desirable, suitable, worthyadjective

   worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

   "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

   Synonyms:
   suitable, suited, worthy

   Antonyms:
   undesirable, unenviable, unwanted, ineligible

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1. desirableadjective

   Synonyms:
   eligible, enviable, to be desired

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1. List of paraphrases for "desirable":

   advisable, undesirable, preferable, appropriate, convenient, desirability, expedient, desired, ideal, useful, welcome

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1. Bertrand Russell:

   What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer.

2. Woody Allen:

   It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.

3. Orla Doyle:

   Parents with higher incomes typically have more desirable (traits) such as higher IQ, motivation, persistence, and consciousness.

4. Charles Dickens:

   'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. ... We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.'

5. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity