Definitions for acceptable

acceptable ac·cept·a·ble

Spelling: [ak-sep-tuh-buh l]
IPA: /ækˈsɛp tə bəl/

Acceptable is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in acceptable (aabcceelpt).

Definitions for acceptable

adjective

  1. capable or worthy of being accepted.
  2. pleasing to the receiver; satisfactory; agreeable; welcome.
  3. meeting only minimum requirements; barely adequate:
  4. capable of being endured; tolerable; bearable:

Origin of acceptable

First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word acceptābilis. See accept, -able

Examples for acceptable

He took everything that came to him as in itself right and acceptable.

The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity.

Because that conceit was straight/gay vs straight/straight, I could do a lot of overtly straight humor and it would be acceptable.

After all that, the party can go to market with a product that is acceptable to the masses.

The ladies are not the only greenbacks that are accepted at sight; and acceptable to it.

How could anyone think that their dislike of the Bee Gees made anything about Disco Demolition Night acceptable?

Yet according to Hamilton, “it was quickly apparent that other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable.”

Tell me, Mr Dorrit, what surprise would be the most unlooked for and the most acceptable to you.

They were acceptable to me, because they echoed my own mind, and confirmed my own knowledge.

The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.

Word Value for acceptable
Scrable

18

Words with friends

23

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