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suitable adjective [ ˈsuːtəb(ə)l ]

• right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• "these toys are not suitable for children under five"
Similar: acceptable, satisfactory, fit, worthy, fitting, right up someone's street, appropriate, fitted, apt, right, appropriate to, suited to, befitting, congruous with, in keeping with, in character with, tailor-made, custom-made, cut out for, proper, seemly, decent, becoming, correct, due, decorous, comme il faut, well qualified, well suited, competent, capable, able, desirable, preferable, ideal,
Opposite: unsuitable, inappropriate, unfit,
Origin: late 16th century: from the verb suit, on the pattern of agreeable .


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