Great
Great adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Respectable and great are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respectable" instead an adjective "Great".
Respectable
Respectable adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.
Usage example: got paid a respectable sum for speaking at our graduation
Great and respectable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Respectable".
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Both words in one sentence
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Bumbling Dad: King Krichevskoy was a respectable and great man overall according to those that knew him, but when he is acting as the Dark Adonis he evidently turn himself into this.
- Queen Ashlelei in Malicious, the once great and respectable ruler turned into a ravaging war demoness after a series of traumatic events, her two chilren being killed by her husband, King Eldrake their father, in front of her is one of these events to name.
Source: Face Heel Turn / Video Games -
McArthur makes great efforts to get Emily to study so she can get into a respectable (read: Ivy League) college.
Source: Webcomic / Misfile
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Respectable and Great. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/great/respectable
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Respectable or Great. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/great/respectable.
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