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 fitting

to be fitting or proper

spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of befitting

Adjective

If there was ever a notion that profanity isn’t befitting of the nation’s highest office, that standard has largely eroded. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026

Not only is the snowfall seemingly more befitting of January or February, but the temperatures are too. — Tara Molina, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025

Verb

Rising Viggo Björck Björck’s performance was befitting of a top prospect with top-six aspirations. — Murat Ates, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

The room was about three-quarters full, dotted with suits and open shirts befitting the private equity world that Black shaped as cofounder of Apollo Global Management as well as what could be called Upper East Sidecore. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026