suitable
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
Adjective
- Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
- Doctors told Matthew Parker’s family there was only a 1% chance of finding a suitable donor for Matthew because his body had rejected a previous transplant. - 2015 February 23, Rachel Janik, “Texas Teacher Will Donate a...
Origin
Etymology tree English suit Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English suitable From suit + -able.
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Synonyms
fit for purpose up to standard allowable appropriate apropos apposite apt comely commensurate correct decorous expedient felicitous fit fitting gainand idoneous in line likely meet opportune proper right seemly
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Related
appropriate apt congruous consonant corresponding eligible fit meet pertinent seemly according to Hoyle according to Cocker according to Gunter conformant
Derived
insuitable nonsuitable serosuitable suitability suitableness suitably unsuitable