Synonyms and Antonyms of respectable
1
having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge
- no respectable dietician would advise people to eat just one kind of food
honorable, venerable, worthy
creditable, good, praiseworthy
celebrated, distinguished, famed, famous, honored, illustrious, notable, prominent, redoubtable, renowned, well-known
2
following the accepted rules of moral conduct
- cheating is not a respectable thing to do under any circumstances
decent, ethical, honest, honorable, just, noble, principled, righteous, stand-up, upright, upstanding
blameless, guiltless, irreproachable, unassailable, unimpeachable
chivalrous, classy, high-minded, menschy, right-minded
conscientious, fair, good, incorruptible, moral, reputable, respected, scrupulous, uncorrupted, virtuous
decorous, nice, polite, proper, seemly
bad, blackguardly, corrupt, criminal, crooked, evil, immoral, iniquitous, knavish, mean, nefarious, rascally, reprehensible, roguish, rotten, scoundrelly, sinful
unfair, unscrupulous, vile, villainous, wicked, wretched
blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable
debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, disgraceful, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, profligate, reprobate, shameful, venal
3
following the established traditions of refined society and good taste
- has the respectable manners of someone who was well brought up
acceptable, adequate, satisfactory, tolerable
dress, dressy, formal
dignified, elegant, gracious
priggish, prim, stiff, stuffy
apt, material, relevant
compatible, congenial, harmonious
allowed, authorized, kosher, permitted
