Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,725,528,720 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

passable

   Also found in: Legal, Encyclopedia 0.01 sec.
pass·a·ble  (ps-bl)
adj.
1. That can be passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable: a passable road.
2. Acceptable for general circulation: passable currency.
3. Satisfactory but not outstanding; adequate: The actors gave passable performances but the singers seemed unrehearsed.
4. That can be legislated: a passable bill.

passa·ble·ness n.
passa·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.passable - able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable"
impassable, unpassable - incapable of being passed
2.passable - about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

passable
adjective
1. adequate, middling, average, fair, all right, ordinary, acceptable, moderate, fair enough, mediocre, so-so (informal), tolerable, not too bad, allowable, presentable, admissible, unexceptional, half-pie (N.Z. informal) The meal was passable, but nothing special.
adequate extraordinary, outstanding, superb, first-class, marvellous, exceptional, tops (slang), inadequate, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, inadmissible, A1 or A-one (informal)
2. clear, open, navigable, unobstructed, traversable, crossable muddy mountain roads that are barely passable
clear closed, blocked, obstructed, sealed off, impassable, unnavigable
Translations
passable [ˈpɑːsəbl] ADJ
1. (= tolerable) → pasable
2. [road] → transitable
passable [ˈpɑːsəbəl] adj
[road] → praticable
(= quite good) → correct(e)
His work's passable, but → Son travail est correct, mais ...
She speaks passable French → Elle parle un français correct.
very passable (= perfectly good) → tout à fait correct(e)
to give a passable imitation of sb → assez bien imiter qn
He gave a passable imitation of his dad → Il a assez bien imité son père.
passable
adj
passierbar; road etcbefahrbar, passierbar
(= tolerable)leidlich, passabel
passable [ˈpɑːsəbl] adj
a. (tolerable) → passabile; (work) → accettabile
b. (road) → transitabile, praticabile; (river) → attraversabile

passable [ˈpɑːsəbl] adj
a. (tolerable) → passabile; (work) → accettabile
b. (road) → transitabile, praticabile; (river) → attraversabile


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in classic literature
 
And yet, where there is no eminent odds in sufficiency, it is better to take with the more passable, than with the more able.
Our way now lay through a region scarce passable, and full of serpents, which were continually creeping between our legs; we might have avoided them in the day, but being obliged, that we might avoid the excessive heats, to take long marches in the night, we were every moment treading upon them.
With this added incentive I nearly drove Sola distracted by my importunities to hasten on my education and within a few more days I had mastered the Martian tongue sufficiently well to enable me to carry on a passable conversation and to fully understand practically all that I heard.
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.