Suitable \Suit"a*ble\, a.
Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming;
agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station;
language suitable for the subject. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suitable
adj 1: suitable for the desired purpose; "Is this a suitable dress
for the office?"
2: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable
(or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit)
time for flippancy" [syn: appropriate, suited]
3: appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its
proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not
suitable for the position" [syn: proper, right]
4: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents
found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable,
worthy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "suitable":
a propos, acceptable, according to Hoyle, ad rem, adapted,
adequate, admissible, advantageous, advisable, ample, applicable,
apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, auspicious, barely sufficient,
becoming, befitting, civil, commensurate, competent, condign,
congruous, convenient, correct, corresponding, decent, decorous,
deserved, desirable, dovetailing, due, eligible, enfranchised,
enough, equal to, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit,
fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, geared, genteel,
good, good enough, happy, just, just right, kosher, likely, lucky,
meet, merited, meshing, minimal, minimum, nice, normal, normative,
on the button, opportune, pat, plenty, plenty good enough, politic,
presentable, profitable, proper, propitious, proportionate,
providential, qualified, reasonable, recommendable, relevant,
requisite, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, ripe,
satisfactory, seasonable, seemly, sortable, substantial,
sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suited, suiting, tailored,
timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, up to, urbane,
useful, well-timed, wise, with voice, with vote, worthwhile,
worthy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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