Synonyms for satisfactory
ˌsæt ɪsˈfæk tə ri, -ˈfæk trisat·is·fac·to·ry

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1. satisfactory

   Adequate, commensurate, and sufficient signify equal to some given occasion or work; as, a sum sufficient to meet expenses; an adequate remedy for the disease. Commensurate is the more precise and learned word, signifying that which exactly measures the matter in question. Adapted, fit, suitable, and qualified refer to the qualities which match or suit the occasion. A clergyman may have strength adequate to the work of a porter; but that would not be a fit or suitable occupation for him. Work is satisfactory if it satisfies those for whom it is done, though it may be very poor work judged by some higher standard. Qualified refers to acquired abilities; competent to both natural and acquired; a qualified teacher may be no longer competent, by reason of ill health. Able and capable suggest general ability and reserved power, able being the higher word of the two. An able man will do something well in any position. A capable man will come up to any ordinary demand. We say an able orator, a capable accountant.

   Synonyms:
   able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, sufficient, suitable

   Antonyms:
   disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthless

   Preposition:
   Adequate to the demand; for the purpose.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. satisfactoryadjective

   giving satisfaction

   "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

   Synonyms:
   acceptable

   Antonyms:
   unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, dissatisfactory, unacceptable, bad, disappointing, failing, off

2. satisfactory, acceptableadjective

   meeting requirements

   "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

   Synonyms:
   acceptable

   Antonyms:
   unsatisfying, unacceptable, off, failing, disappointing, unsatisfactory, dissatisfactory, bad

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1. satisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   gratifying, pleasing

2. satisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   sufficient, conclusive, convincing, decisive

3. satisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   compensating, atoning, that makes amends

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1. satisfactoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   sufficient, satisfying, conclusive, gratify, ing, atoning

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1. List of paraphrases for "satisfactory":

   satisfying, successful, unsatisfactory, gratifying, adequate, good, acceptable, satisfied, sufficient, favourable, pleasing, ideal

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1. John Hurt:

   I have recently been diagnosed with early stage pancreatic cancer. I am undergoing treatment and am more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome, as indeed is the medical team.

2. Aristotle:

   To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.

3. Benjamin Dictor:

   He answered the questions. Whether or not it was satisfactory, I think we will leave up to a jury in this matter, he put his right hand in the air and he took an oath to tell the truth and that is the first time that that has happened since, well, before he was elected president. And that is a really meaningful thing.

4. Robertson Davies:

   The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

5. Margaret Oliphant Oliphant:

   It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art.