decent

Speech parts

1. decent - Adjective

2. decent - Adverb

3. decent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

right good moral properly acceptable satisfactory average becoming proper appropriate suitable fair adequate reasonable ethical
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Antonyms

indecent poor bad inadequate immoral unsatisfactory
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Phrases with the word

decent person decent amount decent guy decent meal decent human being decent man

Anagrams

cedent

Examples

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. H. L. Mencken

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. William O. Douglas

I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior. Frida Kahlo

A filthy mouth will not utter decent language. Chinese Proverb

He does not show a decent quality even over a good dinner. Latin Proverb

Don't mention him and a decent man in the one day. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

decenol decensor decensorship decent accent decent amount decent angle