Synonyms of fit

fit 1 of 7

verb (1)

1

as in to suffice

archaic to be fitting or proper

we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffice
• suit
• do
• serve
• befit
• fit the bill
• satisfy
• fill the bill
• go
• work
• beseem
• function

2

as in to correspond

to be in agreement on every point

now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correspond
• conform
• coincide
• agree
• consist
• sort
• harmonize
• answer
• go
• check
• match
• comport
• align
• rhyme
• dovetail
• accord
• square
• jibe
• cohere
• fall in with
• parallel
• tally
• chord
• equal
• rime
• line up
• register
• aline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differ (from)
• disagree (with)
• contradict
• dispute
• conflict
• nullify
• negate
• jar
• gainsay
• clash

3

as in to adapt

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adapt
• adjust
• tailor
• conform
• suit
• put
• shape
• accommodate
• customize
• edit
• condition
• match
• prepare
• acclimate
• fashion
• acclimatize
• transform
• modify
• alter
• convert
• bend
• doctor
• readjust
• establish
• correct
• model
• pattern
• tune
• equip
• harmonize
• gear
• prime
• revise
• readapt
• attune
• ready
• rework
• orient
• square
• reclaim
• redesign
• regulate
• root
• remake
• familiarize
• recast
• settle
• train
• reinvent
• orientate
• rig
• acquaint
• recycle
• refashion
• remodel
• season
• fine-tune
• refocus
• accustom
• rehearse
• harden
• inure
• reengineer
• refit
• redo
• toughen
• redevelop
• revamp
• habituate
• make over
• phase
• naturalize
• rejigger
• register
• habilitate
• fiddle (with)
• refigure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misadjust

4

as in to equip

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function

that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equip
• qualify
• prepare
• ready
• enable
• train
• adapt
• adjust
• shape
• season
• condition
• teach
• tailor
• entitle
• groom
• authorize
• accustom
• empower
• educate
• habituate
• school
• instruct
• indoctrinate
• tutor

5

as in to accommodate

to make or have room for

we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accommodate
• seat
• hold
• take
• contain
• carry
• encompass
• house
• enclose
• enfold
• inclose
• harbor

6

as in to prepare

to make ready in advance

I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prepare
• ready
• provide
• furnish
• arrange
• equip
• lay
• fix
• fortify
• prep
• groom
• mount
• prime
• supply
• steel
• brace
• train
• educate
• set
• gather
• school
• predispose
• instruct
• boot (up)
• arm
• spread
• draw up
• gear up
• indoctrinate
• gird
• frame
• outfit
• draft
• incline
• tutor
• batten
• warm (up)
• forearm

fit

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noun

1

as in case

a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder

without her medication, she'd have an epileptic fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• case
• bout
• attack
• seizure
• spell
• access
• turn
• siege
• pang
• recurrence
• relapse
• spasm
• breakdown
• convulsion
• frenzy
• collapse
• agitation
• eclampsia
• brainstorm
• paroxysm
• throe
• prostration

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relief
• arrest
• remission

2

as in burst

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

helpless fits of laughter from the audience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burst
• explosion
• outburst
• eruption
• flash
• flush
• flare
• blaze
• gust
• gale
• storm
• spasm
• gush
• agony
• paroxysm
• frenzy
• transport
• rage
• flare-up
• ebullition
• tantrum
• rapture
• ecstasy
• blowup
• delirium
• firestorm
• grouch
• furor

3

as in scene

an outburst or display of excited anger

found out what his wife had spent on clothes and threw a fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scene
• huff
• explosion
• reaction
• hissy fit
• rage
• hissy
• outburst
• frenzy
• fireworks
• seizure
• hysteria
• blowup
• tantrum
• distraction
• storm
• upheaval
• agitation
• fury
• temper
• eruption
• rampage
• rise
• delirium
• indignation
• spleen
• lividness
• pet
• pouts
• spasm
• wrath
• wrathfulness
• uproar
• paroxysm
• convulsion(s)
• furore
• lividity
• choler
• snit
• flare-up
• ire
• furor
• sulkiness
• hump
• irateness
• sullenness
• dander
• angriness
• sulk(s)
• grouch

fit

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adjective (1)

1

as in suitable

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

clothing that is fit for horseback riding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suitable
• fitting
• appropriate
• fitted
• proper
• good
• meet
• happy
• right
• pretty
• in order
• applicable
• adequate
• balanced
• becoming
• needed
• apt
• acceptable
• felicitous
• befitting
• required
• deserved
• able
• satisfactory
• justified
• capable
• decent
• correct
• competent
• just
• qualified
• requisite
• decorous
• trained
• serviceable
• tolerable
• respectable
• rightful
• condign
• kosher
• cut out
• harmonious
• consonant
• seemly
• congruous
• pitch-perfect
• companionate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfit
• wrong
• improper
• unsuitable
• unhappy
• inappropriate
• inapplicable
• incongruous
• unfitting
• incapable
• unbecoming
• unseemly
• inapt
• indecent
• inadequate
• incompetent
• unskilled
• unsatisfactory
• unqualified
• unacceptable
• unmeet
• untrained
• inapposite
• unapt
• intolerable
• infelicitous
• inept
• incorrect
• unbeseeming
• inexpert
• misbecoming
• unskillful
• incompatible
• malapropos
• indecorous
• uncongenial
• graceless

2

as in go

being in a state of fitness for some experience or action

fit for military service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• go
• ready
• prepared
• set
• ripe
• conditioned
• armed
• primed
• qualified
• braced
• fortified
• trained
• steeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unprepared
• unready
• underprepared
• unqualified
• untrained
• half-cocked
• half-baked
• flat-footed

3

as in available

capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose

I don't think those bald tires are fit for winter driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• available
• useful
• useable
• operable
• functional
• usable
• practicable
• serviceable
• relevant
• feasible
• employable
• viable
• exploitable
• applicable
• workable
• doable
• reusable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unavailable
• impracticable
• unusable
• inoperable
• unemployable
• nonfunctional

4

as in healthy

enjoying health and vigor

eat well and stay fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healthy
• well
• robust
• whole
• sturdy
• in shape
• strong
• sound
• hale
• bouncing
• thriving
• able-bodied
• wholesome
• tough
• hearty
• in the pink
• in fine fettle
• good
• agile
• well-conditioned
• lively
• active
• hardy
• rugged
• hard
• iron
• right
• prospering
• ambulatory
• vigorous
• vital
• flush
• stalwart
• lusty
• flourishing
• clean-cut
• nondisabled
• all right
• sprightly
• chipper
• uncrippled
• blooming
• spry
• sprightful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfit
• ill
• sick
• diseased
• weak
• unhealthy
• challenged
• unsound
• ailing
• feeble
• disabled
• unwell
• sickly
• weakened
• decrepit
• infirm
• lame
• halt
• weakly
• enfeebled
• fragile
• incapacitated
• crippled
• debilitated
• delicate
• frail
• worn-out
• troubled
• gaunt
• differently abled
• haggard
• poorly
• malnourished
• bad
• run-down
• undernourished
• emaciated
• sickened
• afflicted

5

as in qualified

having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance

need to hire someone whose language skills make them fit for the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suitable
• qualified
• good
• able
• capable
• competent
• equal
• expert
• ready
• prepared
• on the ball
• experienced
• willing
• skilled
• proficient
• accomplished
• adept
• skillful
• seasoned
• ace
• practised
• practiced
• master
• veteran
• versatile
• trained
• masterly
• apt
• masterful
• protean
• schooled
• all-round
• overqualified
• all-around

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfit
• poor
• incompetent
• unqualified
• inept
• unfitted
• inexperienced
• unskilled
• new
• unprepared
• beginning
• green
• untrained
• raw
• unseasoned
• inexpert
• untested
• unskillful
• untried
• unschooled

fit (in or into)

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verb (2)

as in to insert

to put among or between others

do you think you can fit this picture into the album?

I can fit you in between my two o'clock and three o'clock appointments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insert
• introduce
• sandwich (in or between)
• work in
• add
• inject
• interject
• interpolate
• edge in
• cut in
• insinuate
• interpose
• intersperse
• weave
• intercalate
• install
• inset
• thrust
• shove
• wedge
• lard
• inlay
• append
• attach
• interline
• interfile
• cram

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eliminate
• extract
• exclude
• withdraw
• deduct
• subtract
• expel
• eject
• reject
• detach

fit (out)

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verb (3)

as in to furnish

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity

fitted the hikers out with good boots and heavy socks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equip
• furnish
• supply
• kit (up or out)
• prepare
• rig
• outfit
• provision
• deal (out)
• gird
• present
• parcel (out)
• hand out
• dole out
• contribute
• mete (out)
• bestow
• store
• stock
• donate
• accouter
• arm
• portion
• prorate
• accoutre
• fortify
• distribute
• give
• allocate
• dispense
• assign
• allot
• apportion
• reoutfit
• reequip
• refurnish
• refit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprive
• strip
• divest
• dispossess

fitted

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adjective (2)

as in fitting

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

her personality is well fitted to a desk job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suitable
• fitting
• appropriate
• fit
• proper
• good
• happy
• meet
• in order
• applicable
• pretty
• balanced
• needed
• right
• adequate
• apt
• becoming
• required
• acceptable
• felicitous
• befitting
• deserved
• able
• justified
• satisfactory
• capable
• trained
• qualified
• decent
• competent
• requisite
• correct
• just
• decorous
• serviceable
• tolerable
• respectable
• condign
• kosher
• cut out
• rightful
• harmonious
• consonant
• congruous
• seemly
• pitch-perfect
• companionate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wrong
• unsuitable
• improper
• unfit
• incongruous
• inapplicable
• unhappy
• inappropriate
• unfitting
• incapable
• inadequate
• unbecoming
• inapt
• indecent
• unskilled
• unseemly
• incompetent
• unsatisfactory
• unqualified
• untrained
• unmeet
• unacceptable
• unapt
• infelicitous
• unbeseeming
• incorrect
• inept
• inapposite
• intolerable
• inexpert
• unskillful
• misbecoming
• incompatible
• malapropos
• indecorous
• uncongenial
• graceless

fitted

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verb (4)

variants or fit

past tense of fit

1

as in did

archaic to be fitting or proper

we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• did
• suited
• served
• satisfied
• befitted
• sufficed
• worked
• wrought
• went
• fitted the bill
• filled the bill
• beseemed
• functioned

2

as in corresponded

to be in agreement on every point

now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corresponded
• checked
• answered
• consisted
• sorted
• accorded
• coincided
• went
• tallied
• conformed
• dovetailed
• agreed
• harmonized
• squared
• rhymed
• chorded
• matched
• cohered
• comported
• registered
• fell in with
• rimed
• jibed
• aligned
• equalled
• paralleled
• equaled
• alined
• lined up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differed (from)
• disagreed (with)
• contradicted
• disputed
• nullified
• negated
• clashed
• conflicted
• jarred
• gainsaid

3

as in adjusted

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjusted
• tailored
• shaped
• put
• adapted
• fashioned
• transformed
• suited
• converted
• conditioned
• conformed
• accommodated
• edited
• acclimatized
• acclimated
• modified
• matched
• doctored
• equipped
• prepared
• modelled
• modeled
• readjusted
• customized
• tuned
• established
• settled
• geared
• altered
• patterned
• corrected
• rooted
• attuned
• primed
• oriented
• refitted
• trained
• reworked
• redesigned
• squared
• revised
• harmonized
• acquainted
• readapted
• recycled
• orientated
• refashioned
• remodeled
• familiarized
• accustomed
• reinvented
• rehearsed
• hardened
• remade
• rigged
• toughened
• readied
• recast
• regulated
• habituated
• revamped
• inured
• redeveloped
• reclaimed
• refocused
• phased
• registered
• made over
• reengineered
• seasoned
• bent
• rejiggered
• fine-tuned
• refigured
• naturalized
• redid
• fiddled (with)
• habilitated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misadjusted

4

as in equipped

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function

that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equipped
• prepared
• qualified
• adjusted
• adapted
• trained
• tailored
• readied
• shaped
• accustomed
• conditioned
• entitled
• authorized
• enabled
• taught
• seasoned
• groomed
• habituated
• empowered
• educated
• instructed
• schooled
• indoctrinated
• tutored

5

as in accommodated

to make or have room for

we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accommodated
• held
• took
• carried
• contained
• seated
• enclosed
• inclosed
• encompassed
• housed
• enfolded
• harbored

6

as in prepared

to make ready in advance

I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prepared
• fixed
• furnished
• arranged
• equipped
• provided
• groomed
• readied
• supplied
• laid
• prepped
• mounted
• braced
• instructed
• primed
• fortified
• educated
• gathered
• trained
• outfitted
• armed
• schooled
• inclined
• girded
• battened
• drafted
• girt
• set
• steeled
• predisposed
• geared up
• indoctrinated
• framed
• tutored
• spread
• drew up
• warmed (up)
• booted (up)
• forearmed

Phrases Containing fit

• fit (in or into)
• fit (out)
• fit the bill
• fit to be tied
• have a fit
• hissy fit