satisfactory
adjEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō.
- derived from satisfactus
- derived from satisfactōrius
- borrowed from satisfactoire
Definitions
Done to satisfaction
Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
- The satisfactory results of the survey led to his promotion.
- The criterion of mental health is not one of individual adjustment to a given social order, but a universal one, valid for all men, of giving a satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
Causing satisfaction
Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
- To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch their renewal of life,—this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.
Making atonement for a sin
Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
- […] therefore the ſuffering of any other nature could not bee ſo pertinent, nor kindly ſatisfactory.
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Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
- They seem quite big on more selectivity in breeding and stiffer tests to divide the satisfactories from rejects. They say that even the term 'satisfactories' is wrong because it suggests a level just above mediocrity.
The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
- I've been a good student — mostly distinguisheds and only a few satisfactories […]
The neighborhood
- synonymacceptable
- synonymadequate
- synonymall right
- synonymaverage
- synonymclose enough
- synonymclose enough for government work
- synonymclose enough for horseshoes and hand grenades
- synonymdecent
- synonymfavoursome
- synonymfair
- synonymfine
- synonymjake
- antonymawesome
- antonymexcellent
- antonymwonderful
- antonymgood
- antonymmediocre
- antonymbad
- antonymdisappointing
- antonyminadequate
- antonyminsufficient
- antonympoor
- antonymunsatisfactory
- antonymunsufficient
- neighborsatisfaction
- neighborsatisfied
- neighborintermediate
- neighbora bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- neighborall cats are grey in the dark
- neighborany hole's a goal
- neighborany port in a storm
- neighborbeggars can't be choosers
- neighbordon't look a gift horse in the mouth
- neighborhalf a loaf is better than none
- neighborJoan's as good as my lady in the dark
- neighborsomething is better than nothing
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at satisfactory. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at satisfactory. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at satisfactory
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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