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suitable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of suitable

1 having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance

  • with only one suitable candidate itʼs not difficult to decide for whom to vote
Synonyms of suitable

able, capable, competent, equal, fit, good, qualified
Words Related to suitable

accomplished, ace, adept, experienced, expert, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), proficient, seasoned, skilled, skillful, veteran

overqualified

prepared, schooled, trained

apt, ready, willing

all-around (also all-round), protean, versatile
Phrases Synonymous with suitable

on the ball
Near Antonyms of suitable

inexperienced, inexpert, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful

unprepared, unschooled, untrained

beginning, green, new, raw, untested, untried
Antonyms of suitable

incompetent, inept, poor, unfit, unfitted, unqualified

2 meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

  • I donʼt have anything suitable to wear to a bar mitzvah
Synonyms of suitable

applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, right
Words Related to suitable

condign, deserved, just, justified

needed, required, requisite

able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained

pitch-perfect

acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable

correct, decorous, respectable, seemly

balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious

rightful
Phrases Synonymous with suitable

in order
Near Antonyms of suitable

incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained

inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

graceless, incorrect, indecorous

incompatible, uncongenial
Antonyms of suitable

improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong

Synonym Discussion of suitable

fit, suitable, meet, proper, appropriate, fitting, apt, happy, felicitous mean right with respect to some end, need, use, or circumstance. fit stresses adaptability and sometimes special readiness for use or action.
    • fit for battle
suitable implies an answering to requirements or demands.
    • clothes suitable for camping
meet suggests a just proportioning.
    • meet payment
proper suggests a suitability through essential nature or accordance with custom.
    • proper acknowledgement
appropriate implies eminent or distinctive fitness.
    • an appropriate gift
fitting implies harmony of mood or tone.
    • a fitting end
apt connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination.
    • apt quotations
happy suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate.
    • a happy choice of words
felicitous suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful.
    • a felicitous phrase

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