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Desirable

Desirable Meaning & Definition
Desirable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Desirable?

[adj] worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome"
[adj] worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Desirable: advantageous | coveted | delectable | desired | eligible | enviable | in demand(p) | plummy | preferable | preferred | sexually attractive | sought after | suitable | worthy

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | pleasureful | pleasure-giving | 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

See Also | lovable | loveable | wanted

Desirable In Webster's Dictionary

\De*sir"a*ble\, a. [F. d['e]sirable, fr. L. desiderabilis. See {Desire}, v. t.] 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.

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