Decent
Decent adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Quite good and decent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quite good" instead an adjective "Decent".
Quite good
Decent and quite good are semantically related. You can use "Decent" instead an adjective phrase "Quite good".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- right and decent
- right and quite good
- average and decent
- average and quite good
- polite and decent
- polite and quite good
- moderate and decent
- moderate and quite good
- sufficient and decent
- sufficient and quite good
- adequate and decent
- adequate and quite good
- satisfactory and decent
- satisfactory and quite good
Both terms in one sentence
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Once Harry actually got a decent mentor and some training in ethics, he was quite good at it, too.
Source: Jumped at the Call -
Film Noir: Down to Max being a decent guy pulled into crime (and for a while being quite good as Vincent's sidekick), who then struggles to get out once he gets the big picture.
Source: Film / Collateral - He's always been kind of awkwardly apologetic that he's the best we had, because while very decent, he wasn't quite good enough to win big.
Source: Every Year They Fizzle Out
Cite this Source
Quite good and Decent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decent/quite_good
Decent & Quite good. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/decent/quite_good>.
Quite good or Decent. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/decent/quite_good.
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