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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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New CEO Greg Abel might favor survival of the fittest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Never before had an African country hosted this weeklong series of competitions, in which the planet’s best cyclists assemble to determine the year’s fittest and the fastest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

"People say, 'Doing Strictly, do you feel fitter?' And I reckon I will be the fittest I've been in a long time, but at the minute I think I'm just recovering," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

We’re in a game of survival of the fittest, where surviving itself feels akin to luxuriating in what should be hostile territory, mastering an environment we have come together to ravage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

“Um, with polar bears, it’s not survival of the fittest but survival of the fattest,” Owen told him.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz