fittest

ADJECTIVE

suitable, appropriate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able apt capable competent happy prepared qualified wise

STRONG

adapted becoming befitting correct correspondent deserving due equipped expedient fitted fitting meet ready right trained worthy

WEAK

adequate advantageous apposite beneficial comely comme il faut conformable convenient desirable equitable favorable feasible felicitous good enough just likely opportune practicable preferable proper rightful seasonable seemly tasteful timely well-suited

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant incapable incompetent inept stupid unable unskilled

STRONG

imprecise improper inaccurate inappropriate incorrect unbecoming unfit unfitting unprepared unseemly unsuitable untrained unworthy wrong

WEAK

inadequate poor unsuited weak

ADJECTIVE

healthy, in good physical shape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able-bodied competent robust slim strapping toned

STRONG

hale muscled sound trim well

WEAK

fit as a fiddle in good condition up to snuff wholesome wrapped tight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infirm weak

STRONG

sick unhealthy

WEAK

inadequate inappropriate incorrect poor unfit unsuitable unsuited unworthy

Example Sentences

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Zack, whose strength has earned him the name Steel, won the title of the UK's Fittest Man in 2020, and he also ranked 26 out of 126,461 on the global CrossFit leaderboard.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

“We congratulate Arlington, Virginia, for being named America’s Fittest City for the fourth consecutive year,” said Shantanu Agrawal, chief health officer for health insurer Anthem Inc., which sponsored the fitness index.

From Washington Times • Jul. 14, 2021

Speaking of CrossFit, that sport's lone representative is Mat Fraser, the two-time champion of the CrossFit Games champion that earns the distinction of the "Fittest Man on Earth."

From Golf Digest • Sep. 26, 2017

When it comes to the crunch, rugby retains more of an affinity with Charles "Survival of the Fittest" Darwin than boring old Newton.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2013

Cannot Natural Selection, Struggle for Existence, Variability and Survival of the Fittest, between them, furnish a fifth class of vertebrates?

From 'That Very Mab' by Kendall, May