decent
Morally all right
Decent means meeting an acceptable standard—not excellent, but satisfactory: The food was decent.
It describes behavior that conforms to moral standards or propriety: a decent person, the decent thing to do.
Decent also means adequate or sufficient: a decent salary, decent weather.
In casual use, Are you decent? asks whether someone is clothed enough to be seen.
Meeting minimum standards
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- tolerableAble to be endured
- good enoughMeeting minimum standards
serviceable · okay · all right · not bad · fine · sufficient · reasonable · fair
Conforming to moral principles
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- honorableHaving high moral standards
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
righteous · honest · good · conscientious · trustworthy · noble · respectable · scrupulous
Suited to circumstance
- fittingSuitable or proper
- seemlyConforming to propriety
- suitableProper for purpose
- becomingAttractive or appropriate
correct · tasteful · presentable · polite · courteous · mannerly · respectable · civil
Having protection atop
- dressedWearing garments
- clothedWearing garments
- presentableFit to be seen
- modestLacking in pretension
Mindful of others' needs
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
- kindType or caring
- generousWilling to give freely
- helpfulGiving useful aid
caring · obliging · accommodating · good-natured · nice · courteous · civil · pleasant
acceptable
Meeting minimum standards
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- tolerableAble to be endured
good enough · serviceable · okay · all right · not bad · fine · sufficient · reasonable · fair · moderate
ethical
Conforming to moral principles
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- honorableHaving high moral standards
principled · righteous · honest · good · conscientious · trustworthy · noble · respectable · scrupulous · incorruptible
appropriate
Suited to circumstance
becoming · correct · tasteful · presentable · polite · courteous · mannerly · respectable · civil · dignified
covered
Having protection atop
- dressedWearing garments
- clothedWearing garments
- presentableFit to be seen
considerate
Mindful of others' needs
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
- kindType or caring
- generousWilling to give freely
helpful · caring · obliging · accommodating · good-natured · nice · courteous · civil · pleasant · friendly
- integrityintegrity, honesty, truthfulness, uprightness, rectitude
- moral judgmentsgood, evil, wicked, virtuous, moral
- Ways to Say "Fineokay, fine, good, all right, cool
- dressed statesdressed, undressed, clothed, unclothed, naked
- adequacyadequate, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, acceptable
- informal approvalokay, cool, nice, great, awesome
decentimmoral
Contrary to ethical principles
dishonorable · wicked · evil · unethical · corrupt
decentindecent
Offensive to accepted standards
obscene · improper · vulgar · inappropriate · lewd
decentpoor
Lacking sufficient resources
terrible · awful · unsatisfactory · lousy · inadequate
- do the decent thingBehave ethically when tested
- halfway decentMinimally satisfactory
- human decency
- public decencyAcceptable behavior in shared spaces
- pretty decent
- decency standardsCriteria for acceptable behavior
decency, indecent, decently, indecency, indecently, decencies, decentness, decenter