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- [oh-key, oh-key, oh-key]
- /ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ/
- /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [oh-key, oh-key, oh-key]
- /ˈoʊˈkeɪ, ˌoʊˈkeɪ, ˈoʊˌkeɪ/
Definitions of okay word
- verb with object okay to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application? 1
- adjective okay all right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control: Things are OK at the moment. 1
- adjective okay correct, permissible, or acceptable; meeting standards: Is this suit OK to wear to a formal party? 1
- adjective okay doing well or in good health; managing adequately: She's been OK since the operation. 1
- adjective okay adequate but unexceptional or unremarkable; tolerable: The job they did was OK, nothing more. 1
- adjective okay estimable, dependable, or trustworthy; likable: an OK person. 1
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Parts of speech for Okay
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
okay popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for okay
adjective okay
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- acceptable — Acceptable activities and situations are those that most people approve of or consider to be normal.
- tolerable — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- passable — capable of being passed through, beyond, or over; fit to be traversed, penetrated, crossed, etc., as a road, forest, or stream.
- up to scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
verb okay
- approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- endorse — Declare one's public approval or support of.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
adverb okay
noun okay
- approval — If you win someone's approval for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it.
- consent — If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- go-ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- endorsement — An act of giving one's public approval or support to someone or something.
interjection okay
- of course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- no problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- agreed — If people are agreed on something, they have reached a joint decision on it or have the same opinion about it.
- yep — Yes.
Antonyms for okay
adjective okay
- unacceptable — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- cloudy — If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- rainy — characterized by rain: rainy weather; a rainy region.
verb okay
- veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
noun okay
- denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
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