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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. worth having or seeking or achieving;
- Example: "a desirable job"
- Example: "computer with many desirable features"
- Example: "a desirable outcome"

2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse;
- Example: "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"
[syn: desirable, suitable, worthy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Desirable \De*sir"a*ble\, a. [F. d['e]sirable, fr. L.
   desiderabilis. See Desire, v. t.]
   Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a
   wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
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         All of them desirable young men.         --Ezek. xxiii.
                                                  12.
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         As things desirable excite
         Desire, and objects move the appetite.   --Blackmore.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

desirable
    adj 1: worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job";
           "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable
           outcome" [ant: undesirable, unwanted]
    2: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents
       found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable,
       suitable, worthy]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

116 Moby Thesaurus words for "desirable":
   acceptable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advantageous,
   advisable, affable, agreeable, alluring, amiable, amicable,
   appetizing, appropriate, attractive, becoming, befitting,
   beneficial, blissful, captivating, cheerful, choice, commendable,
   compatible, complaisant, congenial, congruous, convenient, cordial,
   coveted, decent, desired, dulcet, eligible, en rapport,
   enfranchised, enjoyable, enviable, estimable, excellent, exciting,
   expedient, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, feasible, felicific,
   felicitous, fetching, fine, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting,
   fructuous, genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying,
   happy, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed, likable, likely,
   longed-for, lovable, meet, mellifluous, mellow, mouth-watering,
   nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
   pleasureful, politic, profitable, proper, provocative, qualified,
   recommendable, rewarding, right, satisfying, seasonable, seductive,
   seemly, sortable, suitable, superb, superior, sweet, taking,
   tantalizing, tempting, timely, to be desired, toothsome,
   unobjectionable, useful, valuable, wanted, welcome, well-timed,
   winning, winsome, wise, with voice, with vote, worth having,
   worthwhile, worthy