decent
decent is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
- adjective. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
- adjective. Comely; shapely; well-formed.
- adjective. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
- adjective. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior- George Santayana
"speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"
- adjective. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
"a modest neckline in her dress"
"though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"
- adjective. decently clothed
"are you decent?"
- adjective. according with custom or propriety
"her becoming modesty"
"comely behavior"
- adjective. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
"from a decent family"
"a nice girl"
- adjective. sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"
"the food was adequate"
- adverb. in the right manner
"please do your job properly!"
"can't you carry me decent?"
Synonyms
becoming, comely, decorous, seemly, nice, adequate, enough, decently, properly, right
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in decent:
Common word forms
decenter, decently, decentest, decentness
Words from these letters
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