Synonyms of befitting

befitting 1 of 2

adjective

bi-ˈfi-tiŋ 

1

as in proper

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 & Similar Words

• proper
• polite
• respectable
• acceptable
• satisfactory
• decorous
• nice
• correct
• decent
• formal
• adequate
• elegant
• genteel
• seemly
• dress
• dignified
• gracious
• relevant
• tolerable
• de rigueur
• apt
• congenial
• permitted
• prim
• compatible
• stuffy
• authorized
• dressy
• harmonious
• priggish
• allowed
• kosher
• material
• stiff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improper
• inappropriate
• unbecoming
• unseemly
• incorrect
• unacceptable
• unsatisfactory
• indecent
• intolerable
• indelicate
• informal
• casual
• shabby
• indecorous
• barred
• prohibited
• tacky
• forbidden
• seedy
• ungenteel
• grungy
• disallowed
• proscribed
• awkward
• gauche
• outlawed
• banned
• ungraceful
• interdicted

2

as in appropriate

meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

a befitting reply to a civil question

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

befitting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of befit

as in sufficing

to be fitting or proper

spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sufficing
• fitting
• suiting
• serving
• doing
• beseeming
• going
• satisfying
• fitting the bill
• filling the bill
• working
• functioning

Examples of befitting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Gotham started playing at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. — a 25,000-seat venue more befitting of a professional team — in 2020. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024

This explains why Beijing treats Djiboutian government figures as leaders of global significance, hosting joint grand summits with them that would be more befitting of leaders of global power. —John Lee, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2015

Flash received the befitting Transformative Award, celebrating his revolutionary use of turntables as musical instruments, which elevated the DJ to an artistic status. —Shelby Stewart, Essence, 3 June 2024

One of these is Dickel Bourbon, an eight-year-old whiskey made in the same way as regular Dickel, only with a flavor profile that Austin felt was more befitting of the name bourbon. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024