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Synonyms & Antonyms of fitting
(Entry 1 of 2)
meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation
- it is only fitting that you should be the one to take her back to the airport since she flew out to see you
Synonyms for fitting
- applicable,
- appropriate,
- apt,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- felicitous,
- fit,
- fitted,
- good,
- happy,
- meet,
- pretty,
- proper,
- right,
- suitable
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fitting
verb
present participle of fit
Synonyms & Antonyms of fitting (Entry 2 of 2)
1
archaic
to be fitting or proper
- we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit
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2
to be in agreement on every point
- now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit
Synonyms for fitting
- according,
- agreeing,
- answering,
- checking,
- chording,
- cohering,
- coinciding,
- comporting,
- conforming,
- consisting,
- corresponding,
- dovetailing,
- going,
- harmonizing,
- jibing,
- rhyming
- (also riming),
- sorting,
- squaring,
- tallying
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- equaling
- (or equalling),
- matching,
- paralleling
- aligning
- (also alining),
- lining up,
- registering
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3
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
- I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt
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- customizing,
- gearing,
- matching,
- modeling
- (or modelling),
- patterning
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4
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
- that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming
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5
to make or have room for
- we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together
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6
to make ready in advance
- I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests
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The first known use of fitting was in the 15th century
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