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| Main Entry: | adequate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enough, able |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, all right, capable, comfortable, commensurate, competent, decent, equal, fair, passable, requisite, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable, tolerable, unexceptional, sufficing, unobjectionable |
| Notes: | adequate tends toward the qualitative and sufficient toward the quantitative, so adequate is 'suitable to something' and sufficient is 'enough for something' |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, inferior, insufficient, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsuitable, useless |
| Main Entry: | acceptable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, admissible, all right, average, big*, common, cool*, decent, delightful, fair, hip*, kosher*, large, okay, on the ball*, passable, pleasant, pleasing, respectable, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, trendy, unexceptional, welcome, A-OK, cooking with gas, copacetic, hep, hunky-dory, in the swim, on the beam, peachy keen, right on, unobjectionable, up to code, up to snuff |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, disturbing, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unwelcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, intelligent, masterly, old hand*, old-timer*, on the ball*, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, up*, veteran, fireball, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | competent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able |
| Synonyms: | adapted, adequate, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol, capable, clever, complete, crisp, decent, dynamite, efficient, endowed, enough, equal, fireball, fit, fool, good, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know the answers, know the ropes, know the score, no slouch, on the ball*, paid one's dues, pertinent, polished, proficient, qualified, satisfactory, savvy, skilled, sufficient, suitable, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, wicked* |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut out for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adapted |
| Synonyms: | adequate, competent, equipped, fit, fitted, qualified, suitable, suited, designed, good for |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, incompetent, unqualified, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong, unfitted |
| Main Entry: | effectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential; authoritative |
| Synonyms: | adequate, binding, capable, conclusive, decisive, effective, efficacious, efficient, forcible, lawful, legal, licit, potent, powerful, practicable, productive, qualified, serviceable, sound, strong, successful, telling, useful, valid, virtuous, workable, accomplishing, achieving, determinative, effecting, fulfilling, in force |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, weak |
| Main Entry: | efficacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | efficient, productive |
| Synonyms: | active, adequate, capable, competent, effective, effectual, energetic, influential, operative, potent, powerful, serviceable, strong, successful, useful, virtuous, puissant |
| Antonyms: | incapable, inefficient, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, inefficacious |
| Main Entry: | efficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adept, effective |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, active, adapted, adequate, apt, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conducive, decisive, deft, dynamic, economic, economical, effectual, efficacious, energetic, experienced, expert, fitted, handy, masterly, organized, potent, powerful, practiced, productive, proficient, profitable, qualified, ready, saving, shrewd, skilled, skillful, systematic, talented, tough, useful, valuable, virtuous, equal to, familiar with, good at, good for, well-organized |
| Antonyms: | helpless, impotent, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, powerless, unable, weak |
| Main Entry: | enough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundant, acceptable, adequate, ample, bountiful, comfortable, competent, complete, copious, decent, fed up*, full, last straw*, lavish, plentiful, replete, satisfactory, satisfying, sufficient, suitable, unlimited, all right already, bellyful, bounteous, enough already, had it, plenteous, sick and tired of, sufficing, up to here |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, insufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | homey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comfortable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, cheerful, comfy*, complacent, contented, cozy, delightful, easy, familiar, folksy, friendly, intimate, plain, pleasant, rested, restful, simple, snug, soft, warm, cared for, relaxed, snug as a bug in a rug, soothed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | much |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundant, adequate, ample, complete, considerable, copious, countless, endless, enough, everywhere, extravagant, full, galore, generous, great, immeasurable, lavish, many, plentiful, profuse, satisfying, scads*, sizable, substantial, sufficient, voluminous, a lot of, heaps, jam-packed, loads, lotsa, mega, mucho, no end, plenteous, very many |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | okay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, satisfactory |
| Synonyms: | accurate, adequate, all right, approved, convenient, correct, fair, fine, good, middling, passable, permitted, so-so*, surely, tolerable, in order, not bad, ok |
| Antonyms: | bad, incorrect, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satisfactory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, sufficient |
| Synonyms: | adequate, all right, ample, average, cogent, comfortable, competent, cool*, decent, enough, fair, good, gratifying, groovy*, passable, peachy*, pleasing, satisfying, solid, sound, suitable, tolerable, unexceptional, valid, A-OK, appeasing, assuaging, assuasive, delighting, fulfilling, good enough, sufficing, up to snuff |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, insufficient, unacceptable, unfit, unsatisfactory, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | so-so |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in an acceptable manner |
| Synonyms: | adequate, average, enough, fair, fair to middling, fair to middling, indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling*, moderate, okay*, okay, ordinary, passable, passable, respectable, run-of-the-mill*, run-of-the-mill, tolerable, undistinguished, fairish, not bad, not bad |
| Antonyms: | different, distinguished, excellent, exceptional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tolerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable, good enough |
| Synonyms: | adequate, all right, allowable, average, bearable, common, decent, endurable, fair, fair to middling, indifferent, livable, mediocre, middling*, okay*, ordinary, passable, presentable, respectable, run-of-the-mill*, satisfactory, so-so*, sufficient, supportable, tidy, unexceptional, unimpeachable, better than nothing, fairly good, goodish, not bad, sufferable, sustainable, unexceptionable |
| Antonyms: | bad, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fair to middling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonably good |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, adequate, can't complain, fair, fairish, indifferent, mediocre, middling, moderate, modest, ok, passable, so-so |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable of performing; having an innate capacity |
| Synonyms: | adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy, endowed |
| Antonyms: | ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless |
| Main Entry: | all right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, adequate, appropriate, average, decent, fair, fit, fitting, good, okay, passable, proper, satisfying, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, unexceptional, hunky-dory, okey-dokey, unobjectionable |
| Antonyms: | unsatisfactory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good feeling |
| Synonyms: | adequate, agreeable, appropriate, cheerful, complacent, contented, convenient, cozy, delightful, easy, enjoyable, hale, happy, healthy, hearty, loose, pleasant, pleased, protected, relieved, rested, restful, restored, satisfactory, satisfying, serene, sheltered, snug, soft, untroubled, useful, warm, well-off, at rest, cared for, enjoying, gratified, loose-fitting, made well, relaxed, relaxing, snug as a bug in a rug, soothed, strengthened |
| Antonyms: | discontented, hopeless, miserable, neglected, uncomfortable, unhappy, upset |
| Main Entry: | effective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, persuasive |
| Synonyms: | able, active, adequate, capable, cogent, compelling, competent, convincing, direct, effectual, efficacious, efficient, emphatic, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, live, moving, on the ball*, operative, potent, powerful, practical, producing, serviceable, serving, sound, striking, sufficient, telling, trenchant, useful, valid, virtuous, wicked*, yielding, having lead in pencil, playing hardball, powerhouse, resultant |
| Antonyms: | fruitless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, unproductive, useless, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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