DICTOMETER

DECENT

(decent, decente, gentil, diskret, fin, hyggelig, skikkelig, sympatisk, sømmelig, taktfull)

1. Synonyms:
   • Decent
   • Nice
   Definitions:
   • socially or conventionally correct
   • refined or virtuous
   Examples:
   • From a decent family
   • A nice girl
   Antonyms:
   • Unrespectable
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Becoming
   • Comely
   • Comme il faut
   • Decent
   • Decorous
   • Seemly
   Definitions:
   • according with custom or propriety
   Examples:
   • Her becoming modesty
   • Comely behavior
   • It is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
   • A decent burial
   • Seemly behavior
   Antonyms:
   • Improper
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Decent
   Definitions:
   • conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
   Examples:
   • Speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd- George Santayana
   Antonyms:
   • INDECENT
   • crude, earthy, gross, vulgar
   • Hollywood
   • indelicate
   • obscene
   • suggestive
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Adequate
   • Decent
   • Enough
   Definitions:
   • sufficient for the purpose
   Examples:
   • An adequate income
   • The food was adequate
   • A decent wage
   • Enough food
   • Food enough
   Antonyms:
   • Insufficient
   • Deficient
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Decent
   Definitions:
   • decently clothed
   Examples:
   • Are you decent?
   Antonyms:
   • Immodest
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Decent
   Definitions:
   • observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
   Examples:
   • A modest neckline in her dress
   • Though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards
   Antonyms:
   • Immodest
   
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Properly
   • Decently
   • Decent
   • In good order
   • Right
   • The right way
   Definitions:
   • in the right manner
   Examples:
   • Please do your job properly!
   • Can't you carry me decent?