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Adjective: satisfactory  ,sa-tis'fak-t(u-)ree
  1. Giving satisfaction
    "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"
     
  2. Meeting requirements
    "the step makes a satisfactory seat";
    - acceptable, decent

See also: acceptable, adequate, all right, alright, cheering, comforting, cool [informal], copacetic [N. Amer, informal], copasetic [N. Amer, informal], copesetic [N. Amer, informal], equal, fair to middling, fine, good, hunky-dory [informal], jake [N. Amer, Austral, NZ, informal], o.k., OK, okay, passable, passing, right, satisfying, tolerable

Antonym: unsatisfactory

Encyclopedia: Satisfactory