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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Suitable for the business traveler, it seems an unlikely choice for the emergency housing of migrants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Suitable only for investors who are constructive on a housing/lumber upturn and comfortable with prolonged underperformance.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Suitable habitat has plummeted over the last century, with increasingly frequent wildfires adding stress to a system affected by human land and water use.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

Ishaan, from Mumbai, has largely made his name in Bollywood with films like Pippa and Dhadak, also starring in BBC drama A Suitable Boy.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

“A fascinating trio they are, though. Suitable for scientific study, what? I suppose you want to hear the story of where I found ’em.”

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

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