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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), adjective [F. respectable, LL. respectabilis.]
1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. ''The respectable quarter of Sicca.'' --J. H. Newman.
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. --Madison.
2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience. --{Re*spect"a*ble*ness},n. -- {Re*spect"a*bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
respectable
adjective
1: worthy of respect; "a respectable woman" [ant: {unrespectable}]
2: deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn: {estimable}, {good}, {honorable}]
3: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" [syn: {goodly}, {goodish}, {hefty}, {sizable}, {sizeable}, {tidy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "respectable": Christian, OK, acceptable, adequate, admissible, all right, appreciable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, better than nothing, betwixt and between, blameless, chaste, clean, comely, conforming, considerable, correct, creditable, decent, decorous, demure, dignified, done, dull, erect, esteemed, estimable, ethical, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fate, full of integrity, genteel, good, good enough, goodish, goodly, held in esteem, high-minded, high-principled, highly esteemed, highly regarded, highly reputed, highly respectable, honest, honorable, honored, immaculate, in favor, in good odor, in high favor, indifferent, innocent, insipid, inviolate, irreproachable, just, lackluster, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, mediocre, medium, meritorious, middling, moderate, modest, moral, namby-pamby, nice, noble, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, okay, passable, presentable, prestigious, pretty good, principled, proper, pure, reasonable, refined, reputable, reputed, respected, revered, reverend, right, right-minded, righteous, satisfactory, seemly, sensible, significant, sizable, sizeable, smart, so-so, spotless, stainless, sterling, substantial, sufficient, suitable, tedious, tidy, tolerable, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, vapid, venerable, venerated, virtuous, well-thought-of, wishy-washy, workmanlike, worshipful, worthy, yeomanly
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