Thesaurus / aptness
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He had just wrapped up another National Signing Day apt to enrich the rich when he said Thursday morning, “There’s been a lack of parity since the playoff has been introduced, and that’s not because of the playoff, but it contributes to it.”
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF HAS BECOME AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB. WEST COAST SCHOOLS NOT INVITED.CHUCK CULPEPPERDECEMBER 18, 2020WASHINGTON POSTComparisons to the microwave are apt in that both technologies use electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than infrared light.
THE KITCHEN OF THE FUTURE IS HERE, IT’S JUST NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTEDKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWAlso, they’re apt metaphors for what you’re hoping to do in bed.
HOLIDAY SEX IN YOUR PARENTS’ HOUSE WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHTMICHAEL ALVEARDECEMBER 15, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEYet, “brilliant” is the only apt word to describe Washington’s work.
‘MEMORIAL’ IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARKATHI WOLFENOVEMBER 27, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEThe note at the top of the puzzle says, “The first letters of certain grid entries in this puzzle will spell out an apt seven-letter word.”
SOLUTION TO EVAN BIRNHOLZ’S NOV. 22 POST MAGAZINE CROSSWORD, “DARK SECRETS”EVAN BIRNHOLZNOVEMBER 22, 2020WASHINGTON POSTBauer, more apt to follow Las Vegas betting lines, told Bieber they had the same odds to win.
REDS’ TREVOR BAUER, INDIANS’ SHANE BIEBER CAPTURE CY YOUNG AWARDSJESSE DOUGHERTYNOVEMBER 12, 2020WASHINGTON POSTUser interface and experienceThis is where the iPhone comparison becomes most apt.
XBOX SERIES X AND S REVIEW AND COMPARISON: NEXT-GEN FEELS AWFULLY FAMILIARGENE PARKNOVEMBER 5, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe pictures are distinguished for their aptness and perfect illustrative character.
'ROUND THE YEAR IN MYTH AND SONGFLORENCE HOLBROOKFrom her tenderest years, she discovered a wonderful aptness, and a vehement desire, for acquiring languages.
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTSI have, many times, and I never see such a rock without thinking of its aptness as an illustration of this Socialist philosophy.
THE COMMON SENSE OF SOCIALISMJOHN SPARGOSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 15, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO APTNESS
- accommodation
- accordance
- adaptation
- adequacy
- admissibility
- agreeableness
- applicability
- appositeness
- aptitude
- aptness
- assimilation
- auspiciousness
- compatibility
- competence
- concurrency
- congeniality
- congruousness
- consistency
- consonance
- convenience
- correspondence
- decency
- decorum
- eligibility
- expediency
- harmony
- keeping
- order
- patness
- pertinence
- preparedness
- propriety
- qualification
- readiness
- relevancy
- rightness
- seasonableness
- seemliness
- suitability
- timeliness
- Einstein
- ability
- accomplishment
- acumen
- acuteness
- adept
- aptitude
- aptness
- astuteness
- bent
- brain
- brilliance
- capability
- capacity
- creativity
- discernment
- endowment
- expert
- faculty
- flair
- grasp
- head
- imagination
- inclination
- ingenuity
- inspiration
- intelligence
- inventiveness
- knack
- mature
- originality
- percipience
- perspicacity
- power
- precocity
- prodigy
- propensity
- prowess
- reach
- sagacity
- superability
- talent
- turn
- understanding
- virtuoso
- wisdom
- Einsteins
- abilities
- accomplishments
- acumen
- acuteness
- adepts
- aptitudes
- aptness
- astuteness
- bents
- brains
- brilliance
- capabilities
- capacities
- creativity
- discernment
- endowments
- experts
- faculties
- flair
- grasps
- heads
- imaginations
- inclinations
- ingenuity
- inspirations
- intelligence
- inventiveness
- knacks
- matures
- originality
- percipiences
- perspicacity
- powers
- precocities
- prodigies
- propensities
- prowess
- reaches
- sagacity
- superabilities
- talents
- turns
- understandings
- virtuosos
- wisdoms
- allowances
- alms
- awards
- benefactions
- benefits
- bequests
- bestowal
- bonuses
- boons
- bounties
- charities
- contributions
- courtesies
- dispensations
- donations
- endowments
- fairings
- favors
- giveaways
- goodies
- grants
- gratuities
- hand-me-downs
- handouts
- hands
- honorariums
- lagniappes
- largesse
- legacies
- libations
- oblations
- offerings
- offertories
- philanthropies
- pittances
- premiums
- presentations
- presents
- provisions
- rations
- reliefs
- remembrances
- remittances
- rewards
- souvenirs
- subscriptions
- subsidies
- tips
- tokens
- tributes
- write-offs
- affection
- appetite
- aptitude
- aptness
- attachment
- attraction
- bias
- capability
- capacity
- cup of tea
- desire
- disposition
- drift
- druthers
- fancy
- fondness
- groove
- idiosyncrasy
- impulse
- leaning
- liking
- mind
- movement
- partiality
- penchant
- persuasion
- pleasure
- predilection
- predisposition
- preference
- prejudice
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- slant
- soft spot
- stomach
- susceptibility
- taste
- temperament
- thing
- trend
- turn
- type
- urge
- velleity
- weakness
- whim
- will
- wish
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