Englishdecent
adjective
1 they deserve a decent burial | after a decent interval, he married his late brother's fiancée:
proper, correct, appropriate, apt, apposite, fitting, fit, befitting, right, suitable, respectable, dignified, becoming, decorous, seemly, modest, nice, tasteful, in good taste, refined, genteel;
conventional, accepted, approved, standard, traditional, orthodox;
French comme il faut;
British, informal pukka.
▷antonyms indecent.
2 British, informal he was a devoted husband and a very decent chap:
honourable, honest, trustworthy, dependable, worthy, respectable, upright, clean-living, incorrupt, virtuous, good, ethical, moral;
obliging, helpful, accommodating, indulgent, unselfish, altruistic, generous, kind, kindly, thoughtful, considerate, courteous, civil, polite, well mannered, neighbourly, hospitable, pleasant, agreeable, amiable;
informal squeaky clean;
dated mannerly;
rare regardful.
▷antonyms disobliging; dishonest.
3 she's trying to find a job with decent pay:
satisfactory, reasonable, fair, acceptable, adequate, sufficient, sufficiently good, good enough, ample, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, not bad, all right, average, tolerable, passable, suitable;
informal OK, okay, up to snuff.
▷antonyms unsatisfactory.
decent Oxford Dictionary of English