Apposite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apposite \Ap"po*site\, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to
     set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.]
     Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant;
     pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to
     the case. -- {Ap"po*site*ly}, adv. -- {Ap"po*site*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apposite
       adj : being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the
             successful copywriter is a master of apposite and
             evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: {appropriate},
              {apt}, {pertinent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "apposite":
     a propos, ad rem, adapted, admissible, appertaining, applicable,
     applying, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting,
     belonging, dovetailing, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, geared,
     germane, happy, in point, involving, just right, likely, material,
     meshing, on the button, opportune, pat, pertaining, pertinent,
     qualified, relevant, right, seasonable, sortable, suitable, suited,
     suiting, tailored, timely, to the point, to the purpose