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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She loved her job with the government's employability service Fair Start Scotland, helping people to find suitable work and to develop their careers.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Mr. Bolton will instead ask the court for probation, which is far more suitable for the single offense, but a judge will decide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

As adults, they use both flight and vision to search for a suitable host, most often deer, though they sometimes target humans and other mammals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The Housing Bureau said over 100 households had already moved out of Lau's building, and that it was helping the 40 that are left to find suitable accommodation.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Pope Julius II acted impetuously in all his affairs, and he found the times and circumstances so suitable to this method of procedure that he always achieved felicitous results.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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