 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
desirable
adjective
1: worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job";
"computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable
outcome" [ant: {undesirable}]
2: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents
found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: {suitable}, {worthy}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Desirable \De*sir"a*ble\, adjective [F. d['e]sirable, fr. L.
desiderabilis. See {Desire}, verb (used with an object)]
Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a
wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
All of them desirable young men. --Ezek. xxiii.
12.
As things desirable excite
Desire, and objects move the appetite. --Blackmore.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "desirable":
acceptable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advantageous,
advisable, affable, agreeable, alluring, amiable, amicable,
appetizing, appropriate, attractive, becoming, befitting,
beneficial, blissful, captivating, cheerful, choice, commendable,
compatible, complaisant, congenial, congruous, convenient, cordial,
coveted, decent, desired, dulcet, eligible, en rapport,
enfranchised, enjoyable, enviable, estimable, excellent, exciting,
expedient, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, feasible, felicific,
felicitous, fetching, fine, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting,
fructuous, genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying,
happy, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, likable, likely,
longed-for, lovable, meet, mellifluous, mellow, mouth-watering,
nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
pleasureful, politic, profitable, proper, provocative, qualified,
recommendable, rewarding, right, satisfying, seasonable, seductive,
seemly, sortable, suitable, superb, superior, sweet, taking,
tantalizing, tempting, timely, to be desired, toothsome,
unobjectionable, useful, valuable, wanted, welcome, well-timed,
winning, winsome, wise, with voice, with vote, worth having,
worthwhile, worthy
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