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Synonyms & Antonyms of befitting
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- 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 for befitting
- correct,
- de rigueur,
- decent,
- decorous,
- genteel,
- nice,
- polite,
- proper,
- respectable,
- seemly
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- a befitting reply to a civil question
Synonyms for befitting
- applicable,
- appropriate,
- apt,
- becoming,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitted,
- fitting,
- good,
- happy,
- meet,
- pretty,
- proper,
- right,
- suitable
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verbSynonyms of befitting (Entry 2 of 2)
- spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion
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“Befitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befitting. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of befitting was circa 1612
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