o.k.

1. 1.

   being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

   “an all-right movie”

   “the passengers were shaken up but are all right”

   “is everything all right?”

   “everything's fine”

   “things are okay”

   “dinner and the movies had been fine”

   “another minute I'd have been fine”

   Synonymsall rightfineokokayhunky-dorycool

   Similarsatisfactory

   colloquialism

1. 1.

   in a satisfactory or adequate manner

   “she'll do okay on her own”

   “held up all right under pressure”

   Synonymsokayall rightalright

   colloquialism

Questions about o.k.

What does o.k. mean?

o.k. means "an endorsement". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in o.k.?

o.k. has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for o.k.?

Close synonyms include OK, okay, okey, okeh, approve. 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.

Is o.k. a common word?

o.k. 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.