One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Synonyms of satisfactory in English:
satisfactory
See definition of satisfactory
adjective
1‘David Kerslake made a satisfactory debut for Leeds’
SYNONYMS
adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, sufficiently good, fine, in order, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, reasonable, quite good, fair, decent, not bad, average, tolerable, passable, middling, moderate
presentable
suitable, convenient
informal OK, so-so, fair-to-middling
NZ Australian North American informal jake
ANTONYMS
unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, poor