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100 Best Synonyms for “Decent”

June 15, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. acceptable good enough to be approved
2. adequate enough for the purpose
3. affable friendly and easy to approach
4. agreeable pleasant and easy to like
5. all right satisfactory or acceptable
6. amiable friendly and pleasant
7. appropriate suitable in the circumstances
8. apt suitable or fitting
9. becoming suitable and flattering
10. benevolent kind and well-meaning
11. capable able and effective enough
12. civil polite and courteous
13. competent having enough ability
14. considerate thoughtful of others’ feelings
15. cordial warm and friendly
16. correct socially or factually proper
17. courteous polite and respectful
18. creditable deserving respect; fairly good
19. cultured refined and well-mannered
20. decorous showing proper behavior
21. dependable able to be relied on
22. effective producing the intended result
23. efficient working well without waste
24. estimable worthy of esteem
25. ethical morally right and fair
26. fair just and reasonable
27. fine satisfactory and acceptable
28. first-rate excellent in quality
29. fit suitable for the purpose
30. fitting appropriate and proper
31. genial warmly cheerful and friendly
32. gentlemanly polite and honorable
33. good of acceptable or pleasing quality
34. gracious kind, polite, and pleasant
35. groomed neatly cared for
36. harmless not causing harm
37. honest truthful and fair
38. honorable showing honesty and fairness
39. humane showing compassion and kindness
40. inoffensive not likely to offend
41. kind showing care and goodwill
42. ladylike polite and proper
43. laudable worthy of praise
44. mannerly having good manners
45. meritorious worthy of praise or reward
46. middling moderately good; average
47. moderate not extreme; fairly good
48. moral concerned with right conduct
49. neat clean and orderly
50. neighborly friendly and helpful
51. nice pleasant and agreeable
52. not bad fairly good; acceptable
53. ok acceptable; all right
54. okay acceptable though not excellent
55. orderly neat and well arranged
56. ordinary normal and unremarkable
57. passable good enough, though not great
58. pleasant giving a good feeling
59. polite showing good manners
60. presentable neat enough to be seen
61. pretty good quite good
62. principled guided by strong moral beliefs
63. proper socially correct or suitable
64. properly behaved acting in a suitable way
65. quality of good standard
66. quite good fairly strong in quality
67. reasonable fair and sensible
68. refined polished and proper
69. reliable dependably good or trustworthy
70. reputable having a good reputation
71. respectable worthy of respect; proper
72. right-minded having sensible moral views
73. robust strong and effective
74. satisfactory meeting expectations or needs
75. seemly proper and appropriate
76. serviceable usable and adequate
77. solid reliably good or competent
78. sound reliable and sensible
79. square honest and fair
80. steady reliable and consistent
81. straight honest and direct
82. suitable right for a purpose
83. tidy neat and in order
84. tolerable bearable or acceptable
85. trustworthy deserving trust
86. unobjectionable not offensive or improper
87. up to scratch meeting the required standard
88. up to snuff good enough; satisfactory
89. upright morally honest and principled
90. upstanding honest and respectable
91. usable fit to be used
92. virtuous having high moral standards
93. well-behaved behaving properly
94. well-bred having good manners
95. well-intentioned meaning to do good
96. well-mannered polite in behavior
97. well-regarded thought of positively by others
98. wholesome morally good and healthy
99. workable able to function acceptably
100. worthy deserving respect or approval

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