RESPECTABLENESS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

respectableness

noun

as in suitability

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Noun

Furthermore, many conventional devices use brittle, rigid materials that cannot easily stretch or conform to irregular surfaces, limiting their suitability for soft robotics and seamless biological integration.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
More plausibly, CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, HPC and quantum resources will coexist, selected driven by workload economics and suitability.

— Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of suitability

Noun

Attacks aimed at Democrat Abdul El-Sayed have brought back painful memories for some in a contest that has raised questions about the acceptability of Islamophobia in politics.

— Laura Beveridge, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026
Today, everyone from the Economist to the New York Times has heralded the coming psychedelics renaissance, as hallucinogens begin to gain greater cultural, medical and commercial acceptability.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

Definition of acceptability

Noun

Bake this classic all the way through for a light and tender crumb, or cut the bake time short for serious gooey goodness in the center.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
Thank goodness Corey is on hand to remind Matt that his new paramour is the girlfriend of local mob boss Markos Szabo (David Dencik).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of goodness

Noun

And if there is a credible question about a speaker’s appropriateness, the library should investigate and act rationally based on actual evidence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
As many as 11 sketches were removed, including a self-referential skit in which David Mitchell and Robert Webb joked about the appropriateness of Blackface while in Blackface.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of appropriateness

Noun

But Ditelberg said a court could conclude that requiring an account to retain individual shares is still an investment decision — an argument that may carry more weight after the Supreme Court's overturning of Chevron deference.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
All that requisite lightness and deference when there was nothing light or deferential about her.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of deference

Noun

There is no wellness experience too niche for the center which offers a hair salon, nail bar, yoga studio, fitness room and Pilates classes with the hip boutique studio The Beat, opening onto a panoramic terrace.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026
The Nevada Independent reports that Lombardo’s campaign has used those issues to question Ford’s fitness, while Ford says the clemency matter followed procedure and disputes the criticism.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of fitness

Noun

An automated evaluator checked each design for correctness and scored its resource requirements.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Wake Up, which covered topics like her unique upbringing as part of a large, ex-Hasidic Jewish family, political correctness, gender identity and pronouns, wealth, Hollywood success and more.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of correctness

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