OK, okay

(informal)

▶ exclamation OK, I'll go with him: ALL RIGHT, right, right then, right you are, very well, very good, fine; informal okey-doke(y); Brit. informal righto, righty-ho.

▶ adjective

1 the film was OK: SATISFACTORY, all right, acceptable, competent; adequate, tolerable, passable, reasonable, fair, decent, not bad, average, middling, moderate, unremarkable, unexceptional; informal so-so, fair-to-middling.

2 Jo's feeling OK now: FINE, all right, well, in good shape, in good health, fit, healthy, as fit as a fiddle/flea.

3 it is OK for me to come?: PERMISSIBLE, allowable, acceptable, all right, in order, permitted, fitting, suitable, appropriate.

Opposites

unsatisfactory, ill.

▶ noun he's just given me the OK: AUTHORIZATION, approval, seal of approval, agreement, consent, assent, permission, endorsement, ratification, sanction, approbation, confirmation, blessing, leave; informal the go-ahead, the green light, the thumbs up, say-so.

Opposites

refusal.

▶ verb the move must be okayed by the president: AUTHORIZE, approve, agree to, consent to, sanction, pass, ratify, endorse, allow, give something the nod, rubber-stamp; informal give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the thumbs up; formal accede to.

Opposites

refuse, veto.