satisfactory

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US /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #12566

Meanings

1

adj
Good enough for a particular purpose; acceptable.

Her work was satisfactory, though not outstanding.
2

adj
Giving satisfaction; pleasing or adequate.

They reached a satisfactory agreement after long talks.

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Synonyms

1 adj · good enough for a... acceptable

More adequate average decent fairfavoursomefine jake koshernonbadok okay

Opposites

awesome bad disappointing excellent good inadequate insufficient mediocre poor unsatisfactory unsufficient wonderful

Word family

Derived forms dissatisfactory satisfactorilysatisfactorinessunsatisfactory

Related forms satisfaction satisfied

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō.

satisfactoire Middle French satisfactōrius la-lat satisfactus Latin

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# satisfactory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi
**Frequency rank:** 12566

## Meanings
1. Good enough for a particular purpose; acceptable.
2. Giving satisfaction; pleasing or adequate.

## Examples
- Her work was satisfactory, though not outstanding.
- They reached a satisfactory agreement after long talks.

## Synonyms
- acceptable
- adequate
- average
- decent
- fair
- favoursome
- fine
- jake
- kosher
- nonbad
- ok
- okay

## Antonyms
- awesome
- bad
- disappointing
- excellent
- good
- inadequate
- insufficient
- mediocre
- poor
- unsatisfactory
- unsufficient
- wonderful

## Derived Forms
- dissatisfactory
- satisfactorily
- satisfactoriness
- unsatisfactory

## Related Forms
- satisfaction
- satisfied

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: satisfactoire
- Root: satisfactōrius
- Root: satisfactus
- Affix: -ory - relating to

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō.

## AI Etymology
Satisfactory is borrowed from Middle French satisfactoire, from Late Latin satisfactōrius, from Latin satisfactus, past participle of satisfaciō. Modern senses include good enough for a particular purpose; acceptable. and giving satisfaction; pleasing or adequate.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as dissatisfactory, satisfactorily, satisfactoriness, and unsatisfactory and related forms such as satisfaction and satisfied.

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