Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Appropriate to a purpose or an occasion.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of suiting; conformable; fitting; appropriate; proper; becoming.
  • Synonyms Fit, meet, appropriate, apt, pertinent, seemly, eligible, consonant, corresponding, congruous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective meant or adapted for an occasion or use
  • adjective worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

Etymologies

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suit +‎ -able

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Examples

  • However, you should get accustomed to using the term suitable for your branch.

    Married to the Military Meredith Leyva 2009

  • However, you should get accustomed to using the term suitable for your branch.

    Married to the Military Meredith Leyva 2009

  • I am an actress, so I must have a name suitable for an actress.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • I am an actress, so I must have a name suitable for an actress.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • I am an actress, so I must have a name suitable for an actress.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • I am an actress, so I must have a name suitable for an actress.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • I am an actress, so I must have a name suitable for an actress.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • She had probably used the term panku, with all of its meanings, and the translator had to take a fraction of a second to find a word suitable for the context.

    Shadow Lord Laurence Yep 2000

  • She had probably used the term panku, with all of its meanings, and the translator had to take a fraction of a second to find a word suitable for the context.

    Shadow Lord Laurence Yep 2000

  • She had probably used the term panku, with all of its meanings, and the translator had to take a fraction of a second to find a word suitable for the context.

    Shadow Lord Laurence Yep 2000

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