Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

applicable

American  
[ap-li-kuh-buhl, uh-plik-uh-] / ˈæp lɪ kə bəl, əˈplɪk ə- /

adjective

  1. applying or capable of being applied; usable.

    an applicable rule;

    a solution that is applicable to the problem.

  2. appropriate or relevant; apropos; pertinent.

    Synonyms:
    suitable, meet, proper, fitting, fit, befitting, apt, appropriate, relevant, relative, material, germane, apposite
applicable British  
/ əˈplɪkə-, ˈæplɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. being appropriate or relevant; able to be applied; fitting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • applicability noun
  • applicableness noun
  • applicably adverb
  • nonapplicable adjective
  • nonapplicableness noun
  • unapplicable adjective
  • unapplicableness noun
  • unapplicably adverb

Etymology

Origin of applicable

First recorded in 1400–50; from Latin applic(āre) “to apply ” + -able, or from Middle French applicable, Medieval Latin applicābilis; replacing late Middle English appliable

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.