DECENT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
   Usage Example(s)
   • speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd- George Santayana
   Antonym(s)
   • indecent (what does indecent mean?)
   See Also
   • clean (what does clean mean?)
   • unobjectionable (what does unobjectionable mean?)
   • decorous (what does decorous mean?)
   • proper (what does proper mean?)
2. Meaning
   • observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
   Usage Example(s)
   • a modest neckline in her dress
   • though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards
   Similar To
   • modest (what does modest mean?)
3. Meaning
   • decently clothed
   Usage Example(s)
   • are you decent?
   Similar To
   • modest (what does modest mean?)
4. Meaning
   • according with custom or propriety
   Synonym(s)
   • becoming (what does becoming mean?)
   • comely (what does comely mean?)
   • comme il faut (what does comme il faut mean?)
   • decorous (what does decorous mean?)
   • seemly (what does seemly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • her becoming modesty
   • comely behavior
   • it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
   • a decent burial
   • seemly behavior
   Similar To
   • proper (what does proper mean?)
5. Meaning
   • socially or conventionally correct
   • refined or virtuous
   Synonym(s)
   • nice (what does nice mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • from a decent family
   • a nice girl
   Similar To
   • respectable (what does respectable mean?)
6. Meaning
   • enough to meet a purpose
   Synonym(s)
   • adequate (what does adequate mean?)
   • enough (what does enough mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an adequate income
   • the food was adequate
   • a decent wage
   • enough food
   • food enough
   Similar To
   • sufficient (what does sufficient mean?)

DECENT as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • in the right manner
   Synonym(s)
   • decently (what does decently mean?)
   • in good order (what does in good order mean?)
   • properly (what does properly mean?)
   • right (what does right mean?)
   • the right way (what does the right way mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • please do your job properly!
   • can”t you carry me decent?
   Antonym(s)
   • improperly (what does improperly mean?)
   Pertainym(s)
   • proper (what does proper mean?)