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OK
OK, O.K., okay, okey, okeh
(noun) an endorsement; “they gave us the O.K. to go ahead”
Oklahoma, Sooner State, OK, Okla.
(noun) a state in south central United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Ok (plural er-noun)
Alternative form of Ok. Abbreviation of Oklahoma.
Interjection
Ok
Alternative form of OK (okeh)
Anagrams
• KO, ko
Etymology 1
Noun
OK (plural OKs)
Endorsement; approval.
Synonyms
• (endorsement or approval): approval, endorsement, green light, thumbs up, go-ahead
Verb
OK (third-person singular simple present OKs, present participle OKing, simple past and past participle OKed)
To approve.
(computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
Synonyms
• approve
• greenlight
Adjective
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
All right, permitted.
Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
In good health or a good emotional state.
Synonyms
• (all right, permissible): allowed, all right, permissible
• (satisfactory): adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory
• (in good health or a good emotional state): fine, well
Antonyms
• (all right, permissible): forbidden
• (satisfactory): bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
• (in good health or a good emotional state): ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell
Adverb
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.
Synonyms
• (satisfactorily): adequately, satisfactorily
Antonyms
• (satisfactorily): badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily
Interjection
OK
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
Synonyms: okey-dokey, okeh, okey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, all right
Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
Synonyms: now, now then
Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
OK
United States postal abbreviation for Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.
Synonyms
• (Oklahoma): Oklahoma, Okla, Okla.
Anagrams
• KO, ko
Adjective
ok
(informal) Alternative letter-case form of OK
Anagrams
• KO, ko
Source: Wiktionary
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