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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. meant or adapted for an occasion or use;
- Example: "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"
- Example: "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"
[syn: suitable, suited]

2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse;
- Example: "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"
[syn: desirable, suitable, worthy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suitable \Suit"a*ble\, a.
   Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming;
   agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station;
   language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n.
   -- Suit"a*bly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant; agreeable;
        competent; correspondent; compatible; consonant;
        congruous; consistent.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

suitable
    adj 1: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor
           suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate
           (or fit) time for flippancy" [syn: suitable, suited]
    2: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents
       found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable,
       suitable, worthy]