The Clue
Green-light (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OKAY
Tags
Notes
The answer OKAY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
Related Clues
Acceptable
Approval
Approve
Authorize
Righto
Sanction
Sound
"Is that all right?"
All right
Approve informally
Concurrence, colloquially
Fair-to-middling
"Fine by me"
"Fine with me!"
Give the nod to
Go-ahead
"I suppose"
Informal yes
Not spectacular
Rubber-stamp
Say yes to
So-so
"That's fine"
Thumbs-up
Up to snuff
"Why not?"
"You bet!"
Give the go-ahead
Give the green light
Give a thumbs-up
Less than spectacular
"Sure, why not?"
"Comme ci, comme ça"
What "thumbs up" means
Definition
OKAY as a noun:
1. (O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh) = an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"
OKAY as a verb:
1. (approve, O.K., okay, sanction) = give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
OKAY as an adjective:
1. (all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory) = being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"
OKAY as an adverb:
1. (okay, O.K., all right, alright) = in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right')