Definitions

suitable

[soo-tuh-buhl] / ˈsu tə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

appropriate, acceptable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

WEAK

apposite becoming befitting commodious condign copacetic cut out for deserved due expedient felicitous fit happy in character in keeping just kosher legit meet merited nice okay opportune peachy pertinent politic presentable requisite right righteous rightful seemly swell up to snuff user friendly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

awkward improper inadequate inappropriate inconvenient incorrect insufficient misbehaving stupid unacceptable unfitting unhandy unskilled unsuitable useless

WEAK

irrelevant

Example Sentences

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The sale of "a number of gold bricks weighing 79 kg in total" for $12.8 million would "strengthen the Group's financial position and enable it to invest should suitable investment opportunities arise", it said.

From Barron's

Another time, Anderson struggled to get it to generate a suitable picture of himself.

From The Wall Street Journal

Without suitable community care in place, these patients are forced to stay in hospital.

From BBC

As she told Salon in 2000, her manager gamely spun her disappearance from public view as intentional, that she was holding out for suitable scripts.

From Salon

That departure wasn’t expected for several months as works were under way to renovate a suitable cottage on the estate.

From The Wall Street Journal

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