adequate or suitable; acceptable giving satisfaction constituting or involving atonement, recompense, or expiation for sin
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sat•is•fac•to•ry /ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri, -ˈfæktri/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- able to satisfy demands; adequate:gave him a satisfactory answer.
sat•is•fac•to•ry
(sat′is fak′tə rē, -fak′trē),USA pronunciation adj.
sat′is•fac′to•ri•ly, adv.
sat′is•fac′to•ri•ness, n.
- giving or affording satisfaction;
fulfilling all demands or requirements:a satisfactory solution. - Religion[Theol.]atoning or expiating.
- Medieval Latin satisfactōrius, equivalent. to Latin satisfac(ere) to do enough + -tōrius -tory1
- 1520–30
sat′is•fac′to•ri•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged competent, adequate, suitable, passable.
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'satisfactory' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- O.K.
- OK
- able
- accept
- acceptable
- acceptive
- adequate
- adjust
- all right
- alone
- ameliorate
- answer
- approval
- bad
- bell
- clever
- coda
- come out
- complementary
- copacetic
- creditworthy
- dissatisfactory
- do
- efficient
- ex facie
- exchangeable
- fine
- fringe area
- gear
- gild
- good
- good behavior
- ground
- hardly
- hence
- hope
- hull balance
- hunky
- hunky-dory
- hyperfocal distance
- ineffectual
- jake
- justify
- lick
- medical certificate
- mental health
- negotiate
- nice
- nominal