Usually means: Deserving respect for qualities, actions.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word admirable:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. admirable: Merriam-Webster
  2. admirable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. admirable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. admirable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. admirable: Vocabulary.com
  6. Admirable, admirable: Wordnik
  7. admirable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. admirable: Wiktionary
  9. admirable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. admirable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. admirable: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Admirable, admirable: Dictionary.com
  13. admirable: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Admirable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Admirable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. admirable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. admirable: Rhymezone
  18. admirable, admirable, admirable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. admirable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Admirable: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. admirable: FreeDictionary.org
  22. admirable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. admirable: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. admirable: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. admirable: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. admirable: Legal dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.
▸ adjective:  Good or heroic.

Similar:
estimable, pleasing, superadmirable, exemplary, esteemed, well-regarded, illustrious, well-respected, acclaimed, well-thought-of, more...

Opposite:
reprehensible, disgraceful, shameful, deplorable, dishonorable

Phrases:
admirable crichton, The Admirable Crichton, admirable female character, opposite of admirable, not admirable, more...

Adjectives:
late, yellow, emphatic, old, waiting

Colors:
    royal blue,     gold,     sapphire blue,     ruby red,     silver, more...



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Similar:
estimable, pleasing, superadmirable, exemplary, esteemed, well-regarded, illustrious, well-respected, acclaimed, well-thought-of, more...

Opposite:
reprehensible, disgraceful, shameful, deplorable, dishonorable

Phrases:
admirable crichton, The Admirable Crichton, admirable female character, opposite of admirable, not admirable, very admirable to be so large, admirable person, admirable characteristic, very admirable, more...

Adjectives:
late, yellow, emphatic, old, waiting

Colors:
    royal blue,     gold,     sapphire blue,     ruby red,     silver, more...



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