Suitable

3 definitions found

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

  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. -- {Suit"a*ble*ness}, n.
     -- {Suit"a*bly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Syn: Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant; agreeable;
          competent; correspondent; compatible; consonant;
          congruous; consistent.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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

  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