Synonyms of becoming

becoming 1 of 2

adjective

bi-ˈkə-miŋ 

as in suitable

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

that's a particularly becoming dress for the dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

becoming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of become

as in growing

to eventually have as a state or quality

many people became sick with the flu

with the arrival of autumn the days become crisper and breezier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• growing
• getting
• going
• coming
• turning
• running
• changing
• transforming
• waxing
• altering
• modifying
• metamorphosing
• transmuting
• mutating
• transfiguring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• being
• remaining
• continuing
• staying
• lingering
• abiding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of becoming

Verb

The massive valuations of AI labs mean that thousands of tech workers are suddenly becoming wealthy. — Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Learning from those conversations and becoming part of a large community expands the scope of what is possible is Mahama’s practice. — Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

This question is asked all the time, and slowly, the answer is becoming more self-evident. — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Since reforming and opening up its economy in the late 1970s, China has barreled its way to becoming the world’s second-largest economy, with hundreds of millions lifted out of poverty and a nation transformed. — John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Assaults like this one are becoming more common in the West Bank, where settler violence — which is currently targeting the ongoing olive harvest — has worsened. — Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026

Last year, the EU kicked off a plan to prevent the Black Sea from becoming a Russian stronghold that includes protection for data cables and civilian ships. — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026

Cortisol, long cast as a stress villain, is becoming the hormone that reorganizes the whole conversation about workout timing. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

But that hasn’t stopped trans rights from becoming one of the most divisive topics in women’s professional basketball. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026