Thesaurus:suitable
English
Adjective
Sense: having the required properties for a certain purpose
Synonyms
- appropriate
- apposite
- apt
- comely (dated or archaic, chiefly literary or poetic)
- commensurate
- correct
- decorous (obsolete)
- expedient
- felicitous
- fit
- fit for purpose (British)
- fitting
- gainand
- idoneous
- in line (idiomatic)
- likely
- meet (archaic)
- opportune
- proper
- right
- seemly
- sensible
- sortable (obsolete)
- suitable
- tidy
- up to standard (British)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Various
- according to Hoyle (idiomatic)
- according to Cocker (dated, British, idiomatic)
- according to Gunter (idiomatic)
See also
Further reading
- “23. agreement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “suitable” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.