OKAY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an endorsement
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • they gave us the O.K. to go ahead
    Hypernyms(s) okay is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

OKAY as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • give sanction to
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I approve of his educational policies
    Hypernyms(s) okay is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

OKAY as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • an all-right movie
    • the passengers were shaken up but are all right
    • is everything all right?
    • everything’’s fine
    • things are okay
    • dinner and the movies had been fine
    • another minute I”d have
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OKAY as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • in a satisfactory or adequate manner
    • (`alright” is a nonstandard variant of `all right”)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • she”ll do okay on her own
    • held up all right under pressure