decent
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
from a decent family
Related & opposite
- decency derivation
- politeness derivation
- respectable similar to
Sense 2 adverb
in the right manner
please do your job properly!
Related & opposite
- improperly antonym
- proper derived from
Sense 3 adjective
according with custom or propriety
her becoming modesty
Related & opposite
- decency derivation
- decorum derivation
- seemliness derivation
- becomingness derivation
- proper similar to
Sense 4 adjective
conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd
Related & opposite
- unobjectionable also see
- decorous also see
- proper also see
- indecent antonym
- decency derivation
Sense 5 adjective
sufficient for the purpose
an adequate income
Related & opposite
- adequacy derivation
- enough derivation
- sufficient similar to
Sense 6 adjective
decently clothed
are you decent?
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
- modest similar to
Sense 7 adjective
observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
a modest neckline in her dress
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decency |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | politeness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | respectable |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | improperly |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | proper |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decorum |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | seemliness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | becomingness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | proper |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | unobjectionable |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | decorous |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | proper |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | indecent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | decency |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | enough |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | sufficient |
| 6 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | modest |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | decency |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | modest |