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Synonyms for decent:


adj. respectable, appropriate

correct
good
honest
honorable
modest
noble
polite
proper
prudent
trustworthy
right
approved
becoming
befitting
chaste
clean
comely
conforming
continent
decorous
delicate
ethical
fit
fitting
immaculate
mannerly
moral
nice
presentable
pure
reserved
seemly
spotless
stainless
standard
straight
suitable
unblemished
undefiled
untarnished
upright
virtuous
worthy

adj. kind, generous

courteous
gracious
thoughtful
accommodating
friendly
helpful
obliging
virtuous

adj. sufficient, tolerable

acceptable
adequate
comfortable
competent
fair
good
mediocre
reasonable
respectable
satisfactory
right
ample
average
common
enough
middling
passable
presentable
sufficing
unexceptional
unimpeachable
unobjectionable

Examples of uses:

How you were going to build a decent world where people could live decent and be decent.
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They were decent people too, and decent people don't disappear.
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You're a decent man and I'm not a decent woman, and that's that.
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We are decent law-abiding people, and decent law-abiding people cook omelets for breakfast.
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I am a decent woman! And while I'm in it this is going to be a decent house.
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Them that's gone will have a decent grave and a decent stone to mark it.
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Why can't they eat a decent English breakfast like the decent ordinary folk in the public wards?
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Because for a decent man, there's never any peace of mind without honesty. I've always thought of you as a decent man.
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If you ain't decent, you'll do until something decent comes along.
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I just want a decent job. I want a decent place to live.
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Antonyms for decent:

bad