Dictionary Definition
passable adj
1 able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the
road is passable" [ant: impassable]
2 about average; acceptable; "more than adequate
as a secretary" [syn: adequate, fair to
middling]
3 neither good nor bad; "an indifferent
performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her
work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only
so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working
knowledge of French" [syn: indifferent, so-so(p), tolerable]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From French passableAdjective
- That which may be passed or traversed.
- Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate.
Translations
That which may be passed or traversed
- Finnish: kulkukelpoinen
Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate
- Finnish: välttävä
Derived terms
French
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
OK,
acceptable, accessible, adequate, admissible, agreeable, all right, allowable, alright, attainable, average, better than nothing,
betwixt and between, decent, dull, fair, fair to middling, fairish, good enough, goodish, indifferent, insipid, lackluster, mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, modest, namby-pamby, navigable, negotiable, not amiss, not
bad, not half bad, not so bad, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts,
okay, open, presentable, pretty good,
reachable, respectable, satisfactory, so so, so-so,
sufficient, tedious, tenable, tidy, tolerable, traversable, unblocked, unexceptionable,
unexceptional,
unobjectionable,
unobstructed,
vapid, viable, wishy-washy, workmanlike