Word Meanings - RESPECTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected,

Additional info about word: RESPECTABLE

1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison. 2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. --Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. -- Re*spect"a*bly, adv.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RESPECTABLE)

• Reputable
• Respectable
• creditable
• honorable
• estimable

Related words: (words related to RESPECTABLE)

• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• CREDITABLE
  1. Worthy of belief. Divers creditable witnesses deposed. Ludlow. 2. Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable. This gentleman was born of creditable parents. Goldsmith. 3. Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable;
• CREDITABLENESS
  The quality of being creditable.
• REPUTABLE
  Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct. In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as defeat one. Broome. Syn. -- Respectable; creditable;
• ESTIMABLE
  1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. 2. Valuable; worth a great price. A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. Shak. 3.
• ESTIMABLENESS
  The quality of deserving esteem or regard.
• RESPECTABLE
  1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected,
• DISCREDITABLE
  Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
• UNREPUTABLE
  Disreputable.
• DISREPUTABLE
  Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct
• DISHONORABLE
  1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more
• DISRESPECTABLE
  Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.
• INESTIMABLE
  Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges. But above all, for thine inestimable love. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Science is
• UNCREDITABLE
  Discreditable.
• IRREPUTABLE
  Disreputable.