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becoming

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of becoming

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

That's a particularly becoming dress for the dance.

Synonyms of becoming

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

Words Related to becoming

condign, deserved, just, justified

needed, required, requisite

able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained

acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable

correct, decorous, respectable, seemly

balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious

Phrases Synonymous with becoming

in order

Near Antonyms of becoming

incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained

inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

graceless, incorrect, indecorous

incompatible, uncongenial

Antonyms of becoming

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

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