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seductive
Tending to seduce, or lead astray; tempting; enticing
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  1. Tending to seduce, or lead astray; tempting; enticing
  2. Attractive, alluring, tempting.
  3. Tending to seduce; alluring:
alluring
Having the power to allure.
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  1. Having the power to allure.
  2. Tempting strongly; highly attractive; charming
sought-after
Alternative spelling of sought-after.
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  1. Alternative spelling of sought-after.
  2. Wanted or desired by many people; in demand:
  3. (Of something in short supply) popular, desired, in demand
useful
Being of practical use:
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  1. Being of practical use:
  2. That can be used to advantage; serviceable; helpful; beneficial; often, having practical utility
  3. Having a beneficial use; serviceable:
beneficial
Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous:
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  1. Producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous:
  2. Producing benefits; advantageous; favorable
  3. Receiving benefit
expedient
Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle:
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  1. Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle:
  2. Based on or offering what is of use or advantage rather than what is right or just; guided by self-interest; politic
  3. Useful for effecting a desired result; suited to the circumstances or the occasion; advantageous; convenient
advisable
(Of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
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  1. (Of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
  2. Worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent.
  3. Suitable for offering as advice; that can be recommended; wise; sensible
good
In effect; operative:
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  1. In effect; operative:
  2. Pleasant; enjoyable:
  3. Competent; skilled:
welcome
Received with pleasure and hospitality into one's company or home:
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  1. Received with pleasure and hospitality into one's company or home:
  2. Used in the expression you're welcome to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.
  3. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable or gratifying:
acceptable
Satisfactory but not superior; passable:
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  1. Satisfactory but not superior; passable:
  2. Adequate to satisfy a need, requirement, or standard; satisfactory:
  3. Worth accepting; satisfactory or, sometimes, merely adequate
sexy
(Informal) Exciting or intended to excite sexual desire
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  1. (Informal) Exciting or intended to excite sexual desire
  2. (Slang) Highly appealing or interesting; attractive:
  3. (Slang) Exciting, glamorous, etc.
Find another word for desirable. In this page you can discover 21 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for desirable, like: seductive, alluring, sought-after, to-die-for, useful, beneficial, expedient, advisable, good, welcome and acceptable.

Sentence Examples

  • It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

  • Secrecy, while occasionally necessary, is less desirable than openness.

  • The planets were shown to have visible disks, and to be attended by satellites whose distance and position angle relative to the planet it was desirable to measure.

  • For the pear orchard a warm situation is very desirable, with a soil deep, substantial, and thoroughly drained.

  • She said she did not consider a degree of any real value, but thought it was much more desirable to do something original than to waste one's energies only for a degree.

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