acceptable

Questions about acceptable

What does acceptable mean?

acceptable means "worthy of acceptance or satisfactory". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acceptable?

acceptable has 4 syllables: ac-cep-ta-ble. The stress falls on "cep". In IPA it is /ækˈsɛptəbəl/.

What is another word for acceptable?

Close synonyms include satisfactory, decent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of acceptable?

The recorded antonyms are unacceptable.

Is acceptable a common word?

acceptable is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with acceptable?

3 words rhyme with acceptable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.