suitable

suitable

English

Etymology

suit +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːtəbl/, /ˈsjuːtəbl/

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Adjective

suitable (comparative more suitable, superlative most suitable)

1. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
   • 2015 February 23, Rachel Janik, “Texas Teacher Will Donate a Kidney to 6-Year-Old Student”, in Time‎:

     Doctors told Matthew Parker’s family there was only a 1% chance of finding a suitable donor for Matthew because his body had rejected a previous transplant.

Synonyms

• fit for purpose (British)
• up to standard (British)

Antonyms

• unsuitable

Derived terms

• insuitable
• nonsuitable
• serosuitable
• suitability
• suitableness
• unsuitable

 

Translations

appropriate to a certain occasion

Arabic: مُنَاسِب‎ (munāsib), مُلَائِم‎ (mulāʾim), لَائِق‎ (lāʾiq) Azerbaijani: uyğun (az) Bulgarian: подходящ (bg) (podhodjašt) Catalan: apropiat (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 合適／合适 (zh) (héshì), 適當／适当 (zh) (shìdàng) Czech: vhodný (cs), vyhovující (cs) Danish: passende, egnet Dutch: geschikt (nl), passend (nl) Esperanto: konvena, taŭga Finnish: sopiva (fi), kelvollinen (fi) French: approprié (fr), convenable (fr), opportun (fr), idoine (fr) Galician: axeitado (gl) m German: geeignet (de), passend (de), angemessen (de) Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs) Greek: κατάλληλος (el) (katállilos) Ancient: πρόσφορος (prósphoros), ἐπιεικής (epieikḗs), ἄρτιος (ártios) Hebrew: ראוי‎ (he) (ra'uy), מתאים‎ (mat'im), הולם‎ (holem) Hungarian: megfelelő (hu), illő (hu) Italian: adatto (it), idoneo (it), rispondente (it), confacente (it), indicato (it), appropriato (it), giusto (it) Japanese: 相応しい (ja) (ふさわしい, fusawashii), 相応な (ja) (そうおうな, sōō na), 適切な (ja) (てきせつな, tekisetsu na) Latin: aptus (la), idōneus Latvian: piemērots, atbilstošs, piederīgs Macedonian: погоден (pogoden) Malay: sesuai (ms) Malayalam: അനുയോജ്യമായ (anuyōjyamāya), അനുയോജ്യം (anuyōjyaṃ) Manx: cooie Maori: arotau, haratau, tau (mi), tōtika Middle English: digne Norwegian: passende (no), egnet Portuguese: apropriado (pt), favorável (pt) Romanian: adecvat (ro), convenabil (ro), potrivit (ro), nimerit (ro) Russian: подходя́щий (ru) (podxodjáščij), го́дный (ru) (gódnyj), приго́дный (ru) (prigódnyj), примени́мый (ru) (primenímyj), соотве́тствующий (ru) (sootvétstvujuščij) Scottish Gaelic: freagarrach, iomchaidh Slovene: ustrézen (sl) Spanish: apropiado (es), indicado (es) Swedish: lämplig (sv) Tagalog: hiyang, kahiyang Telugu: తగిన (te) (tagina), యుక్తమైన (te) (yuktamaina) Tocharian B: ayāto Turkish: uygun (tr), yerinde (tr) Ukrainian: підходящий (pidxodjaščyj), відповідний (vidpovidnyj), придатний (prydatnyj) Vietnamese: phù hợp (vi) Welsh: addas (cy) Westrobothnian: poteli, tingeli Yiddish: פּאַסיק‎ (pasik)

See also

• appropriate
• apt
• congruous
• consonant
• corresponding
• eligible
• fit
• meet
• pertinent
• seemly

Further reading

• suitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• suitable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• sabulite