fitting

¹fitting

adjective

Definition of FITTING

: of a kind appropriate to the situation : suitable

— fit·ting·ly \-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

— fit·ting·ness noun

Examples of FITTING

1. It was a fitting end to their rivalry.
2. <it is only fitting that you should be the one to take her back to the airport since she flew out to see you>

First Known Use of FITTING

15th century

Related to FITTING

Synonyms

applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fitted, fit, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, right, suitable

Antonyms

improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong

Related Words

condign, deserved, just, justified; needed, required, requisite; able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained; pitch-perfect; acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable; correct, decorous, respectable, seemly; balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious; rightful

Near Antonyms

incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained; inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory; graceless, incorrect, indecorous; incompatible, uncongenial

See Synonym Discussion at fit

Rhymes with FITTING

knitting, pitting, sitting, splitting

²fitting

noun

Definition of FITTING

1

: an action or act of one that fits; specifically : a trying on of clothes which are in the process of being made or altered

2

: something used in fitting up : accessory

3

: a small often standardized part <an electrical fitting>

Examples of FITTING

1. I have a fitting for my wedding dress this afternoon.

First Known Use of FITTING

1607