passable in English

adjective

1

just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory.

he spoke passable English

synonyms: adequate, all right, fairly good, acceptable, satisfactory, moderately good, not (too) bad, average, tolerable, fair, mediocre, middling, ordinary, indifferent, unremarkable, unexceptional, OK, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', nothing to write home about

2

(of a route or road) clear of obstacles and able to be traveled along or on.

the road was passable with care

synonyms: navigable, traversable, negotiable, unblocked, unobstructed, open, clear

adjective

adequate, all right, fairly good, acceptable, satisfactory, moderately good, not (too) bad, average, tolerable, fair, mediocre, middling, ordinary, indifferent, unremarkable, unexceptional, OK, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', nothing to write home about
navigable, traversable, negotiable, unblocked, unobstructed, open, clear
adequate, fair to middling, tolerable

Use "passable" in a sentence

1. Linda speaks passable Arabic.

2. Her English pronunciation is passable.

3. The road is passable again.

4. A passable bill.

5. She has a passable knowledge of history.

6. Mary can speak passable Russian.

7. The workmanship is not too fine, but it's passable.

8. She put on a passable imitation of a Scottish accent.

9. 15 synonyms for Bearable: tolerable, acceptable, sustainable, manageable, passable, admissible

10. He can do a passable imitation of the maths teacher.

11. The A66 was passable with just a light coating of snow.

12. 48 synonyms for Adequate: passable, acceptable, middling, average, fair, ordinary, moderate

13. He served a bottle of very passable claret with the meal.

14. The mountain roads are not passable until late spring.

15. The food was excellent and the wine was passable.

16. There was some bread, a little cheese and a passable French wine.

17. It's passable, he says, and it leads direct to Tmjillo.

18. The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week.

19. And it is the structural element that ensures the gate, or opening below, is passable.

20. Synonyms for Bearable include endurable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable, acceptable, admissible, manageable, passable and brookable

21. More recently, they turned to the government to ask for passable roads and better schools.

22. Because of the heavy snow, roads were passable only with care in parts of Northern England.

23. Since no passable roads led up to that altitude, they took the railroad from Guayaquil to Quito.

24. With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it.

25. Synonyms for Crossable include navigable, negotiable, passable, traversable, open, clear, unobstructed, unblocked, accessible and safe

26. Her hair was rolled into a passable pageboy and sometimes tied with a black ribbon.

27. She who could transform herself by force of will into a passable semblance of a Genestealer.

28. 49 synonyms for Acceptable: satisfactory, fair, all right, suitable, sufficient, good enough, standard, adequate, so-so, tolerable, up to scratch, passable

29. Satisfactory but not superior; passable: The restaurant was Acceptable but did not live up to its reputation

30. The recent rain made the little stream passable and the water was very swift, shallow and rocky.

31. IGN reported that "Music is decent, and voice-overs are passable, but sound effects need some serious help."

32. Some sustained underwater excavation by Crossley and Yeadon, opened a route passable with big tanks, enabling exploration beyond.

33. Once just a rough track, it is now passable and marked by little yellow arrows to show people the right direction.

34. Adiabatic (from Greek a- "not", –dia- "through, batos "passable") calorimetry is calorimetry in which no heat is exchanged with the surroundings

35. Adjective permissible, allowed, permitted, acceptable, tolerated, tolerable, passable, allowable Convictions will rise now that photographic evidence is Admissible. unacceptable, intolerable, disallowed, inAdmissible Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition

36. Adjective (en adjective) Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an Acceptable'' present, one ''Acceptable to us.; Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.

37. 4 “‘Whom the nation Abhorreth, who Abhorreth the nation, who excites the abhorrence of the nation, the nation which excites abhorrence,’ — all these are passable translations of the Hebrew words, among which interpreters choose according to their different views respecting the whole passage

38. Rogers: Your College Is Douchey He's always been a bit shady and hard to read, but just when he's won us over — and even more difficult, Linden, who Begrudges he'll "make a passable detective" some day — we learn he faked the surveillance photo that got Richmond

39. Barely furnished {adj} kümmerlich möbliert: Barely furnished {adj} notdürftig möbliert: Barely intelligible {adj} kaum verständlich: Barely one: kaum einer: traffic Barely passable {adj} [roads, ways etc.] schwer passierbar / schwerpassierbar [Straßen, Wege etc.] Barely perceptible {adj} kaum vernehmbar