Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
appropriate to;
- Example: "behavior befitting a father"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Befit \Be*fit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Befitting.]
To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
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That name best befits thee. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Befitting \Be*fit"ting\, a.
Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
befitting
adj 1: appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "befitting":
a propos, ad rem, adapted, advantageous, advisable, applicable,
apposite, appropriate, appropriate to, apropos, apt, auspicious,
becoming, comme il faut, conforming, congruous, convenient,
correct, decent, desirable, dovetailing, due, expedient, favorable,
feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate,
fructuous, geared, good, happy, just, just right, likely, lucky,
meet, meshing, nice, on the button, opportune, pat, politic,
profitable, proper, proper to, propitious, providential, qualified,
recommendable, relevant, right, ripe, seasonable, seemly, sortable,
suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to be desired,
to the point, to the purpose, useful, well-timed, wise,
worthwhile