Acceptable
Acceptable adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.
Rational and acceptable are semantically related in reasonable topic. In some cases you can use "Rational" instead an adjective "Acceptable", when it comes to topics like convincing, credible.
Rational
Rational adjective - Having the ability to reason.
Acceptable and rational are semantically related in reasonable topic. Sometimes you can use "Acceptable" instead an adjective "Rational", if it concerns topics such as convincing, credible.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sensible and acceptable
- sensible and rational
- good and acceptable
- good and rational
- sound and acceptable
- sound and rational
- right and acceptable
- right and rational
- reasonable and acceptable
- reasonable and rational
- legitimate and acceptable
- legitimate and rational
- fair and acceptable
- fair and rational
Both words in one sentence
- Zig-zagged when one of the party members is brainwashed and vampirized: Belkar is Properly Paranoid about Vampire Guy deceiving everyone for his own purposes and the rational discrepancies, while Roy opposes this due to his knowledge of Pre-Vampire Guy and his current streak of acceptable actions.
Source: Horrible Judge of Character - This is intended to cover both those settings where virtually any honest, decent, rational people wouldn't want to live if they had a better choice, and those that while some people REALLY wouldn't want to live here, others would find them to be a paradise or at least acceptable.
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