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decent

[dee-suhnt] / ˈdi sənt /
ADJECTIVE
respectable, appropriate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
correct good honest honorable modest noble polite proper prudent trustworthy
STRONG
right
WEAK
approved becoming befitting chaste clean comely comme il faut conforming continent decorous delicate ethical fit fitting immaculate mannerly moral nice on the up and up presentable pure reserved seemly spotless stainless standard straight straight arrow straight shooting suitable unblemished undefiled untarnished upright virtuous worthy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
improper incorrect misbehaving unrefined unreliable unsophisticated unsuitable untrustworthy
WEAK
disobliging inappropriate indecent insufficient intolerable poor unaccommodating ungenerous unkind unrespectable unsuited
ADJECTIVE
kind, generous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
courteous gracious thoughtful
WEAK
accommodating friendly helpful obliging virtuous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
discourteous rude
WEAK
disobliging inappropriate indecent insufficient intolerable poor unaccommodating ungenerous unkind unrespectable unsuitable unsuited
ADJECTIVE
sufficient, tolerable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceptable adequate comfortable competent fair good mediocre reasonable respectable satisfactory
STRONG
right
WEAK
all right ample average common enough fair to middling middling moderately good passable presentable sufficing unexceptional unimpeachable unobjectionable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad disagreeable inadequate incompetent inferior insufficient unacceptable unfit unreasonable unsatisfactory unsuitable
WEAK
disobliging inappropriate indecent intolerable poor unaccommodating ungenerous unkind unrespectable unsuited

Example Sentences

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No. It was the gulf between the expectations, even among Democrats, that she might be a decent pick for the job, and the reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The lender’s 1Q non-interest income was likely lifted by decent momentum on fee income from wealth structured products and active trading on investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Results have been decent though, better than anyone else over the comparable period.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

As Paul Waldman wrote Thursday in The Cross Section, in a halfway decent political system Simmons should be “settling into a comfortable retirement.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

I’d noticed that the lakeside town up the road didn’t have a decent ice cream parlor.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

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