Definition for Respectability:

• Respectably.

Synonyms for Respectability:

• n.

  •
  • modesty,
  • right,
  • integrity.
  •
  • usual,
  • mliness,
  • correctness.
  •decency (noun)
  • fittingnesses.
  •decorum (noun)
  • correctitudes,
  • courtlinesses,
  • convenances.
  •dignity (noun)
  • re nown,
  • re-nown,
  • selfrespect,
  • self respect,
  • self-respects,
  • re gards,
  • re-gard,
  • worthinesses,
  • noblenesses,
  • statelinesses.
  •gentility (noun)
  • Gentlefolk,
  • Optimacy,
  • good family,
  • good breeding,
  • gentle birth,
  • upper crust,
  • Gentlefolks,
  • ruling classes,
  • ruling class,
  • high birth.
  •propriety (noun)
  • Meetness,
  • recommendability,
  • ethicality,
  • social convention,
  • good behavior,
  • done thing,
  • becomingness,
  • expedience,
  • social conventions,
  • the done thing,
  • accepted conduct,
  • legitimacy.
  •reputability (noun)
  • reputability.
  •reputation (noun)
  • repute,
  • trustworthiness,
  • rep,
  • dependability,
  • reliability,
  • dependabilities,
  • acceptability.
  •respectability (noun)
  • trueness,
  • upstandingness,
  • right-mindedness,
  • angelicness,
  • righteousness,
  • honor,
  • goodness,
  • creditability,
  • probity,
  • law-abidingness,
  • Estimableness,
  • unimpeachability,
  • honesty,
  • purity,
  • blamelessness,
  • irreproachability,
  • forthrightness,
  • virtuousness,
  • morality,
  • saintliness,
  • nobility,
  • fairness.
  •virtue (noun)
  • guiltlessness,
  • whiteness,
  • cleanness,
  • high-mindedness,
  • merit,
  • ethics,
  • pureness,
  • valor,
  • heroism,
  • faultlessness,
  • good.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • conformity,
  • rectitude,
  • moral victory,
  • social conscience,
  • moral imperative,
  • family values,
  • moral fiber,
  • compunction.
  •
  • nicety,
  • fair play.
  •
  • principle,
  • high road.

Paraphrases for Respectability:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    respect.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    prestige, propriety, observance.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    decorum, decency, dignity, esteem.

Antonyms for Respectability:

• n.

  • integrity
    immorality, impropriety.
  • Other antonyms:
    disreputableness, unrespectability, disreputability.

Respectability Sentence Examples:

• It was not simply that his 'cello was his joy and pride, but he felt it to be a recognition of his return to respectability.

• One may form a base character, but maintain an outward respectability; but let him not be very complacent over the decorous and conventional veneer which masks him from the world.