Passable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. That can be passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable: a passable road.
  • adj. Acceptable for general circulation: passable currency.
  • adj. Satisfactory but not outstanding; adequate: The actors gave passable performances but the singers seemed unrehearsed.
  • adj. That can be legislated: a passable bill.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That may be passed or traversed.
  • adj. Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like
  • adj. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
  • adj. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like: as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passable in boats.
  • That may be passed from hand to hand as a thing of value; current; receivable: as, bills passable in lieu of coin.
  • Such as may be allowed to pass; allowable; admissible; tolerable; reaching or just rising above mediocrity.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. able to be passed or traversed or crossed
  • adj. about average; acceptable
    • Equivalent
    surmountable    negotiable    traversable    travelable    climbable   
    Cross Reference
    moderate    fair   
    Form
    passableness    passably   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acceptable    current    adequate    tolerable    admissable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    impassable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tolerable    middling    practicable    endurable    credible   
     
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