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^[1]:

     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 (mulāʔim), لَائِق‎ (lāʔiq)
• 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)
• Yiddish: פּאַסיק‎ (pasik)

See also

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

Further reading

• “suitable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “suitable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• sabulite