RESPECTABLE Synonyms: 379 Similar and Opposite Words

respectable

adjective

ri-ˈspek-tə-bəl

as in respected

having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge no respectable dietician would advise people to eat just one kind of food

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as in honorable

following the accepted rules of moral conduct cheating is not a respectable thing to do under any circumstances

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as in polite

following the established traditions of refined society and good taste has the respectable manners of someone who was well brought up

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as in decent

of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards the artwork that we commissioned from the muralist turned out to be respectable but was not quite what we had hoped for

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as in considerable

sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention got paid a respectable sum for speaking at our graduation

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Recent Examples of respectable While there is a respectable moral case to be made for some form of reparations, Tubbs appears to be excessively fixated on policy ideas that would bankrupt our state if actually implemented. —

Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 While respectable compared with other fitness trackers, Oura’s battery can’t match Whoop’s. —

Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026 Caligula selected respectable family men of good reputation, who were conspicuous for some physical disability, for a mock fight. —

Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026 On Sunday evening, a respectable crowd showed up in the Mojave Tent to pay their respects to the Godfather of Punk, who first played Coachella in a reunion with the Stooges in 2003. —

Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for respectable

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Still in her twenties, Morisot was a respected painter, best known for her landscapes, and had been tutored by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, the influential Barbizon school painter of fluttery fields and woodlands.

— Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
At the center of the expansion is Gerry Grennell, the veteran and respected performance coach who has collaborated with stars including Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and Oscar Isaac.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026