desirable

1. 1.

   worth having or seeking or achieving

   “a desirable job”

   “computer with many desirable features”

   “a desirable outcome”

   Antonymsundesirable

   Similarcoveteddelectableenviableplummypreferable
2. 2.

   worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

   “the parents found the girl suitable for their son”

   Synonymssuitableworthy

   Similareligible

Questions about desirable

What does desirable mean?

desirable means "worth having or seeking or achieving". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in desirable?

desirable has 4 syllables: de-si-ra-ble. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /dɪˈzaɪɹəbəl/.

What is another word for desirable?

Close synonyms include suitable, worthy. 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 desirable?

The recorded antonyms are undesirable.

Is desirable a common word?

desirable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 desirable?

1 word rhymes with desirable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.