Usually means: Meeting requirements to an acceptable level.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word satisfactory:

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

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

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Satisfactory: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
▸ adjective:  Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant; satisfying.
▸ adjective:  (theology) Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
▸ noun:  Somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.
▸ noun:  The rating given to somebody or something that meets requirements without exceeding them.

Similar:
alright, all right, acceptable, okay, OK, adequate, copasetic, right, copacetic, copesetic, more...

Opposite:
unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, deficient, substandard

Phrases:
satisfactory evidence, more than satisfactory, not satisfactory, less than satisfactory, very satisfactory, more...

Adjectives:
good, very, more, unsatisfactory, excellent, far, eminently, how, clean

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Similar:
alright, all right, acceptable, okay, OK, adequate, copasetic, right, copacetic, copesetic, more...

Opposite:
unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, deficient, substandard

Phrases:
satisfactory evidence, more than satisfactory, not satisfactory, less than satisfactory, very satisfactory, more satisfactory, better than satisfactory, of satisfactory quality, in a satisfactory way, more...

Adjectives:
good, very, more, unsatisfactory, excellent, far, eminently, how, clean

Colors:
    blue,     green,     teal,     turquoise,     sky blue, more...



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