Synonyms and Antonyms of befitting
1
following the established traditions of refined society and good taste
- many voters feel that the womanizing governor has not acted in a befitting manner for someone who serves as the state's chief executive
acceptable, adequate, satisfactory, tolerable
dress, dressy, formal
dignified, elegant, gracious
priggish, prim, stiff, stuffy
apt, material, relevant
compatible, congenial, harmonious
allowed, authorized, kosher, permitted
intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory
casual, grungy, informal
seedy, shabby, tacky
banned, barred, disallowed
forbidden, interdicted, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed
awkward, gauche, ungraceful
2
meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation
- a befitting reply to a civil question
applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, right, suitable
condign, deserved, just, justified
needed, required, requisite
able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained
pitch-perfect
acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable
correct, decorous, respectable, seemly
balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious
rightful
incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained
inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory
graceless, incorrect, indecorous
incompatible, uncongenial
improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong
