Thesaurus:satisfactory
English
Adjective
Sense: acceptable for a given purpose, neither excellent nor too bad
Synonyms
- acceptable
- adequate
- all right
- average
- close enough
- close enough for government work (US, pejorative)
- decent
- favoursome (obsolete)
- fair
- fine (informal)
- jake (slang)
- good enough
- good enough for government work (US, pejorative)
- hunky dory (informal)
- kosher
- mustn't grumble (UK)
- nonbad
- not bad
- not half bad (idiomatic)
- OK
- okay
- okayish (idiomatic)
- passable
- pretty good
- tolerable
- up to par (idiomatic)
- up to scratch (idiomatic)
- up to snuff (idiomatic)
- reasonable
- respectable [⇒ thesaurus]
- satisfactory
- snug
- sufficient
- suitable [⇒ thesaurus]
- tickety-boo (British, informal)
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Further reading
- “831. content” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “651. imperfection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “satisfactory” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.