| Main Entry: | pass muster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make the standard |
Synonyms: |
come through with flying colors, come up to scratch, come up to snuff, cut the mustard, do credit to, fill the bill, find favor with, get by, make it, make the cut, make the grade, measure up, meet with approval, pass, pass inspection, prove acceptable, recommend itself, satisfy requirements, stand the test, stand up, suffice |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be sufficient |
Synonyms: |
answer, avail, be adequate, be enough, be good enough for, be of use, be useful, give satisfaction, pass muster, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed, graduate |
Synonyms: |
answer, do, get through, matriculate, pass muster, qualify, suffice, suit |
Antonyms: |
fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become ready, prepared |
Synonyms: |
authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff, commission, condition, cut it, earn one's wings, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, fill the bill, fit, get by, ground, hack it, make it, make the cut, make the grade, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster, permit, ready, sanction, score, suffice, suit, train |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
Antonyms: |
be unprepared, disqualify |
| Main Entry: | satisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, persuade |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, appease, assuage, assure, avail, be adequate, be enough, be sufficient, come up to, complete, comply with, conform to, convince, dispel doubt, do, equip, fill, fulfill, furnish, get by, induce, inveigle, keep promise, make good, make the grade, meet, observe, pass muster, perform, provide, put mind at ease, qualify, quiet, reassure, score, sell, serve, serve the purpose, suffice, tide over, win over |
Antonyms: |
dissuade, fail, frustrate |
| Main Entry: | suit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be acceptable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
accord, agree, answer, answer a need, be proper for, be seemly, become, befit, benefit, beseem, check, check out, conform, correspond, cut the mustard, do, enhance, fill the bill, fit, fit in, flatter, fulfill, get by, go, go together, go with, gratify, harmonize, make the grade, match, pass muster, please, satisfy, serve, square, suffice, tally |
Antonyms: |
disagree, displease, dissatisfy |
| Main Entry: | prove out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wash |
Synonyms: |
be acceptable, be plausible, be reasonable, bear scrutiny, carry weight, convince, endure, hold, hold up, hold water, pass muster, ring true, stand up, stick* |