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satisfactory

/sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/adjective4 syllables

Satisfactory means: giving satisfaction.

Synonyms for satisfactory35

adjective, as in giving satisfaction

adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable, all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory, cool, alright, comforting, cheering
and 9 more, satisfying, copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic, passing, right, acceptable, equal

adjective, as in meeting requirements

acceptable, decent, good

also used for satisfactory

average, close enough, close enough for government work, close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades, favoursome, fair, jake, good enough, good enough for government work, hunky dory

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Opposites of satisfactory

unsatisfactory

What does satisfactory mean?2

adjective

1

giving satisfaction“satisfactory living conditions”

2

meeting requirements“the step makes a satisfactory seat”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Satisfactory in a sentence

  • Whomever you may ask, you can't get a satisfactory answer.unknown
  • The results he has got are, in the main, satisfactory.sundown
  • Following several weeks of intensive negotiations, the two sides reached a mutually satisfactory agreement.sundown
  • He is, on the whole, a satisfactory student.CM
  • For these patients, surgical treatment is far from being satisfactory.unknown
  • The rent is high, otherwise the room is satisfactory.unknown
  • No matter who you ask, you won't be able to get a satisfactory answer.CK
  • After a long search, we found a satisfactory room.sharptoothed

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