suit

1 a court case for enforcing a right or claim filed a suit against the company that had manufactured the faulty heater, claiming they were responsible for the fire Synonyms of suit action, proceeding, lawsuitWords Related to suit litigation; case, cause, complaint; counterclaim, countersuit, cross action, cross-claim

2 an earnest request O Lord of Heaven, hear our humble suit Synonyms of suit adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, pleading, prayer, solicitation, plea, suppliance, supplicationWords Related to suit application, requisition; call, claim, demand, insistence

3 the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married a rather old-fashioned fellow, he first sought the consent of the girl's father for the suit Synonyms of suit courting, dating, lovemaking, courtshipWords Related to suit courtship, wooing; affair (also affaire), love affair, romance; betrothal, engagement

1 to be fitting or proper no, a second-floor room won't suit if there's no elevator, since one of us has a disability Synonyms of suit befit, beseem [archaic], fit [archaic], go, serve, doWords Related to suit satisfy, suffice; function, work

2 to give satisfaction to the location of our hotel suited us just fine Synonyms of suit agree (with), content, delight, feast, gas [slang], glad [archaic], gladden, gratify, pleasure, rejoice, satisfy, please, warmWords Related to suit appease, mollify, pacify, placate, soothe; assuage, quench, sate, satiate; excite, tickle, titillate; amuse, divert, entertain, treat; captivate, charm; galvanize, thrill; calm, comfort; cater (to), humor, indulge; coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoilNear Antonyms of suit aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, cross, exasperate, gall, get, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, perturb, pique, put out, ruffle, vex; anger, enrage, incense, inflame (also enflame), infuriate, madden, outrage, rankle, rile, roil, steam up; provoke, rouse; agitate, distress, disturb, fret, upset; harass, harry, pester; affront, insult, offendAntonyms of suit displease

3 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes went to the party suited in a strange getup that he'd picked out himself Synonyms of suit apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, clothe, tog (up or out), toilet, vestureWords Related to suit cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest; drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap; accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform; dress down, underdressNear Antonyms of suit denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveilAntonyms of suit disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

4 to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation a bohemian by nature, she would have to suit her behavior to the corporate culture Synonyms of suit acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, condition, conform, doctor, edit, fashion, fit, put, shape, adapt, tailorWords Related to suit readapt, readjust; customize, gear, match, model, pattern; attune, correct, harmonize, square, tune; establish, root, settle; acquaint, familiarize, orient, orientate; equip, prepare, prime, rehearse; harden, inure, season, toughen; alter, convert, make over, modify, recast, reclaim, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refigure, refit, refocus, reinvent, rejigger, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, transform; accustom, condition, habilitate, habituate, naturalize; ready, season; bend; fiddle (with), fine-tune, phase, register, regulate, rigNear Antonyms of suit misadjust