The Clue
Informal approval (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OKAY
Tags
Notes
The answer OKAY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
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Acceptable
Allow
Approval
Approve
Authorize
Copacetic
Initial
Passable
Righto
Sanction
Sound
"Is that all right?"
All right
"Fine by me"
Give the nod to
"Go ahead!"
Good enough
Green light
Green-light
"I suppose"
Informal yes
Initial, say
Rubber-stamp
Say yes to
Slangy assent
So-so
Approved
Up to snuff
"Why not?"
Give the green light
Give a thumbs-up
"I'll go along with that"
"Sure, go ahead"
"Sure, why not?"
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')