respectable

4 definitions • 8 examples

considered to be socially acceptable because of your good character, appearance, or behaviour:

a respectable young woman from a good family

This part of the city has become quite respectable in the last ten years.

I wore my boring, respectable suit to the interview.

A respectable amount or quality is large enough or of a good enough standard to be acceptable:

She earns a respectable salary.

The final score was a respectable 2–1.

socially acceptable because of having a good character or appearance or behaving in a way that is approved of:

It was hard to find a clean shirt that looked respectable enough to be seen in.

Respectable also means large enough or good enough to be acceptable:

a respectable income

Her school has a respectable basketball program.