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befitting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of befitting

1 following the established traditions of refined society and good taste

  • many voters feel that the womanizing governor has not acted in a befitting manner for someone who serves as the state's chief executive
Synonyms of befitting

correct, de rigueur, decent, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly
Words Related to befitting

acceptable, adequate, satisfactory, tolerable

dress, dressy, formal

dignified, elegant, gracious

priggish, prim, stiff, stuffy

apt, material, relevant

compatible, congenial, harmonious

allowed, authorized, kosher, permitted
Near Antonyms of befitting

intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

casual, grungy, informal

seedy, shabby, tacky

banned, barred, disallowed

forbidden, interdicted, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed

awkward, gauche, ungraceful
Antonyms of befitting

improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, unbecoming, ungenteel, unseemly

2 meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

  • a befitting reply to a civil question
Synonyms of befitting

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

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
Phrases Synonymous with befitting

in order
Near Antonyms of befitting

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

inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

graceless, incorrect, indecorous

incompatible, uncongenial
Antonyms of befitting

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

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