suitable | Definition of suitable

Synonyms and Antonyms of suitable

1 having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance

with only one suitable candidate it's not difficult to decide for whom to vote

Synonyms of suitable

able, capable, competent, equal, fit, good, qualified

Words Related to suitable

accomplished, ace, adept, experienced, expert, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), proficient, seasoned, skilled, skillful, veteran

prepared, schooled, trained

apt, ready, willing

all-around (also all-round), protean, versatile

Phrases Synonymous with suitable

Near Antonyms of suitable

inexperienced, inexpert, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful

unprepared, unschooled, untrained

beginning, green, new, raw, untested, untried

Antonyms of suitable

incompetent, inept, poor, unfit, unfitted, unqualified

2 meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

I don't have anything suitable to wear to a bar mitzvah

Synonyms of suitable

applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, right

Words Related to suitable

condign, deserved, just, justified

needed, required, requisite

able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained

acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable

correct, decorous, respectable, seemly

balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious

Phrases Synonymous with suitable

Near Antonyms of suitable

incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained

inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

graceless, incorrect, indecorous

incompatible, uncongenial

Antonyms of suitable

improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong