suitable

[soo-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.

   Synonyms: apt, seemly, befitting, proper

suitable

/ ˈsjuːt-, ˈsuːtəbəl /

adjective

1. appropriate; proper; fit

Other Word Forms

• suitability noun
• suitableness noun
• suitably adverb
• presuitable adjective
• presuitably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of suitable¹

First recorded in 1505–15; suit + -able

Example Sentences

It seems to work because it's "literally a stick" but isn't suitable for when he's playing as it could be a choking hazard.

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Small language models, they wrote, are “sufficiently powerful, inherently more suitable, and necessarily more economical” for such work.

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"The suitable climate for rice is moving more northwards" in Europe, she said, pointing to successful initiatives in the Netherlands and Germany.

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He was initially deemed suitable for release subject to conditions in June 2021, but was recalled to jail in November that year after he was approaching young women.

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"This example of diamond synthesis is the ultimate demonstration that electrons do not destroy organic molecules but let them undergo well-defined chemical reactions, if we install suitable properties in molecules to be irradiated," he said.

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Related Words

• advisable 
• applicable 
• apt 
• convenient 
• correct 
• fitting 
• good 
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• handy 
• proper 
• reasonable 
• relevant 
• satisfactory 
• sufficient 
• suited 
• useful