presentable

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UK, US/pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/

adjective

In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.

“Before we go out, let me just go to the washroom and make myself presentable.”

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivepresentable (comparative more presentable, superlative most presentable)

comparative more presentable · superlative most presentable

  1. In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.

    Before we go out, let me just go to the washroom and make myself presentable.

    1 more example

    Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. When they were all quite presentable they followed the soldier girl into a big room where the Witch Glinda sat upon a throne of rubies.

    1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
  2. Acceptable; worth considering.

    Liverpool took control of what had been a tight game, with Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford missing presentable chances, when former Old Trafford target Cody Gakpo applied a smooth finish to Andy Robertson's perfect pass two minutes before the break.

    2023 March 5, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport
  3. ecclesiasticalCapable of being presented to a church living.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefit to be seen

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchpresentable
  2. Englishpresentable

From Middle French presentable, from Old French, as if present + -able.

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Translations

Bulgarian приличен
  • приличен (priličen)able to be presented
Catalan presentable
  • presentableable to be presented
Finnish edustava
  • edustavaable to be presented
French présentable
  • présentableable to be presented
German salonfähig
  • salonfähigable to be presented
Hebrew ייצוגי
  • ייצוגי (yitsugi)able to be presented
Hungarian szalonképes
  • szalonképesable to be presented
Spanish presentable
  • presentableable to be presented
Ukrainian презента́бельний, присто́йний
  • презента́бельний (prezentábelʹnyj)able to be presented
  • присто́йний (prystójnyj)able to be presented
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“presentable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presentable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presentable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presentable.

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