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Definition: Suitable |
SuitableAdjective1. Suitable for the desired purpose; "Is this a suitable dress for the office?". 2. Meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy". 3. Appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position". 4. Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suitable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: SuitableSynonyms: appropriate (adj), desirable (adj), proper (adj), right (adj), suited (adj), worthy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet; (expedient). |
Expedience | Adjective: expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting; Verb: opportune; (in season); in loco; suitable; (accordant); applicable; (useful). |
Occasion | Providential, lucky, fortunate, happy, favorable, propitious, auspicious, critical; suitable; obiter dicta. |
Noun: {ant. } timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room; event (eventuality); suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time; high time; opportuneness; Adjective: tempestivity. | |
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Crosswords: Suitable |
| Specialty definitions using "suitable": suitable win. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "suitable": Zealotical. (references) |
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Screenplays | Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion (Stage Door; writing credit: Edna Ferber; George S. Kaufman) Any ground is suitable for that (The Duellists; writing credit: Joseph Conrad; Gerald Vaughan-Hughes) Why don't we just call the terrorists and ask them to pick a weekend more suitable for you (Curb Your Enthusiasm; writing credit: Larry David) I had a devil of a time finding a suitable basket (The Scarlet Pimpernel; writing credit: William Bast; Baroness Emmuska Orczy) | |
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 | The first in the beginning of a series of photos that were taken while the DEM dredged and raked quahogs to determine suitable donor sites to take quahogs from to initiate the quahog spawner sanctuaries. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | This project was conducted to determine if geotube material could be used to as suitable substrate for oyster spat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A propagule of Zostera marina. The Alliance for Chesapeake Bay uses volunteers to transplant eelgrass to sites that demonstrate they are suitable transplant sites. SAV transplants are seen as a way to help the Bay recover. During this transplant session approximately 40 volunteers planted for over two days. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Though the pears pictured do not have a texture suitable for good eating, scientists at the ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville, West Virginia, will combine their fire blight-resistant qualities with other lines possessing traits sought in commercial pear varieties. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
 | Seven "Old Salts" engaged in telling tall tales aboard USS Enterprise (1877-1909), circa 1887. Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York. Suitable verses from "The Tale of the Gyascutus" are printed below the original photographic image. The entire poem is provided below. Credit: NAVY. |  | CH-46A helicopter from USS Sylvania (AFS-2) lifts a new Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) radome into position atop Boston's foremast, during replacement of the cruiser's lightning-damaged TACAN transmitter and radome in the Mediterranean Sea. The photograph accompanies a USS Boston press release dated 26 February 1966. The damage was received in the northern Aegean Sea in January 1966. Due to non-availability of suitable cranes in the area, and the ship's operating schedule, the helicopter was used to remove the original transmitter and install its replacements. Pilots were Lieutenant Commander R.W. Russell and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) T.H. Hoivik. Controller was Lieutenant B.E. Allen, working on the mast platform assisted by Electronics Technicians 3rd Class Ken Lohrey and Jim Ramey. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Morning mail at the Mineral King cooperative farm, Farm Security Administration, Tulare County, California. Old ranch house, California type, in the background. Buildings will be replaced by modern structures suitable to community farming. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Soldiers inspecting new trackless tank during demonstration at Fort Myer, Virginia. Tentative plans call for a redesign of the tank's superstructure so that it may be adapted to suitable armament. For further data see caption for pix D-570. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Carpenter's wife hanging up coat to dry. Mission Valley, California, which is about three miles from San Diego. This family is living in a tent because of inability to find suitable housing. A heavy rain the night before had everything wet in their tent. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Cease! This is Christmas Day and no occasion for unseemly levity! The Webster alliance submits suitable greetings". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Photographer's Tool" by Brendan Paxton Commentary: "This is a shot of some Kodak film that I would use in the next week. I thought of getting a stock photo suitable for photography websites, so there it is. ." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | God hath made it their business to employ this care on their offspring, and hath placed in them suitable inclinations of tenderness and concern to temper this power, to apply it, as his wisdom designed it, to the children's good, as long as they should need to be under it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The High Contracting Parties will take all suitable measures to trace and punish collusion between enemy creditors and debtors. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | To prudery she added bigotry, a suitable lining |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | But it is impossible to express the satisfaction I received in my own mind, after such a manner as to make it a suitable entertainment to the reader |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Individuals, like nations, must have suitable broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | However, not all foods are suitable for irradiation. (references) | |
This may be suitable for some but not all NIDDM patients (as discussed below). (references) | ||
Not all medications are suitable for all patients, and more than one drug may be needed. (references) | ||
Business | Nevertheless, 14% report a lack of suitable sites. (references) | |
Large areas of Spain are suitable for wind energy generation projects. (references) | ||
Some systems are suitable for use on the site where the waste is generated. (references) | ||
Children | Panama | The Department of Labor is responsible for placing workers with disabilities in suitable jobs. (references) |
Ghana | In exceptional cases, when a girl of suitable age or status is unavailable, a boy can be offered. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Russia | Reports continued that some local and municipal governments prevented religious groups from using venues, such as cinemas, suitable for large gatherings. (references) |
Economic History | Japan | Only 15% of Japan's land is suitable for cultivation. (references) |
Kenya | Approximately 70 percent of Kenya is suitable for ranching. (references) | |
Romania | However, with suitable training this problem can be satisfactorily solved. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sierra Leone | Although the country is rich in natural resources and minerals (particularly diamonds, gold, rutile, and bauxite) and has large areas of fertile land suitable for farming, the 10-year insurgency has brought mineral extraction and agricultural production almost to a standstill, except for illicit diamond mining. (references) |
Trade | Egypt | The company also provides services to small investors to help them choose suitable projects and to prepare feasibility studies. (references) |
Dominican Rep | A bond, however, or other suitable security for all or a portion of the value of the goods must be posted at the time of temporary entry. (references) | |
Travel | Honduras | Summer clothing is suitable year-round in Tegucigalpa. (references) |
Costa Rica | Suitable expatriate housing is becoming more expensive. (references) | |
Mexico | Spring/fall attire is suitable year round in Mexico City. (references) | |
Women | Pakistan | In rural areas, the practice of a woman "marrying the Koran" still is accepted widely if the family cannot arrange a suitable marriage or wants to keep the family wealth intact. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bahamas | The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to find suitable alternative employment for employees injured on the job but still able to work. (references) |
Iran | The Penal Code provides that the Government may require any person who does not have work to take suitable employment; however, this does not appear to be enforced regularly. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authenticity and authority. Sometimes it is stamped upon wax, and attached to the paper, sometimes into the paper itself. Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. In the British museum are preserved many ancient papers, mostly of a sacerdotal character, validated by necromantic pentagrams and other devices, frequently initial letters of words to conjure with; and in many instances these are attached in the same way that seals are appended now. As nearly every reasonless and apparently meaningless custom, rite or observance of modern times had origin in some remote utility, it is pleasing to note an example of ancient nonsense evolving in the process of ages into something really useful. Our word "sincere" is derived from sine cero, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis. The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean locum sigillis, the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish. The words locum sigillis are humbly suggested as a suitable motto for the Pribyloff Islands whenever they shall take their place as a sovereign State of the American Union. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | A force adequate to the enemy, collected at that single point, with suitable preparation for such others as might be menaced, is all that would be requisite. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Their progress has been delayed by the want of suitable officers for superintending them. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Clearly satisfied that the public good would be promoted by some suitable provision on the subject, I respectfully invite your attention to it. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | Our Government is able to afford a suitable army and a suitable navy. |
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| "Suitable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.75% of the time. "Suitable" is used about 6,086 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.75% | 6,071 | 1,609 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.23% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (common) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,086 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "suitable": be at a loss for a suitable word ♦ be suitable ♦ be suitable for ♦ deem suitable ♦ empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use ♦ make suitable ♦ suitable for building ♦ suitable match ♦ suitable to the occasion ♦ suitable win. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "suitable": suitable-arranged. | |
Ending with "suitable": less-than-suitable, nt-suitable. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "suitable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | geskikt (appropriate, becoming, convenient, handy, of use, opportune, seemly), behoorlik (decent, decently, fitting, proper, properly). (various references) | |
Albanian | me vend (apposite, appositely, apt, happy, Pat, pertinent, proper, reasonable, right, seemly, to the point, welcome), i përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, canny, comely, competent, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, done, due, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, Pat, proper, propitious, qualified, rated, relevant, seemly, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), adapt (appropriate, becoming, convenient, handy, opportune, seemly). (various references) | |
Arabic | كاف (adequate, appropriate, due, enough, sufficient), مناسب (adequate, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, conformable, congruent, congruous, convenient, due, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, opportune, pat, proper, right, seasonable, seemly, suited, timely), ملائم (acceptable, accordant, adapted, adequate, advantageous, agreeable, agreeing, appropriate, apt, becoming, click, compatible, concordant, conformable, conforming, congruent, congruous, consistent, consonant, convenient, expedient, favorable, favourable, feasible, fit, fitting, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in conformity, in harmony, matching, opportune, proper, propitious, right, seasonable, seemly, suited, timely), موافق (acceptable, appropriate, convenient, favorable, favourable, fit, yep), متوافق (consonant, convenient, correspondent, harmonious), مستحسن (advisable, approved), لائق (becoming, comeliness, correct, decent, decorous, fit, proper, qualified, seemly). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съответствуващ (coincident, coincidental, compatible, consonant, keyed), удобен (agreeable, appropriate, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, convenient, cozy, easy, favorable, favourable, good, proper, ready made), годен (able, available, fit, roadworthy, seaworthy, suited, worthy), подходящ (adaptable, adequate, agreeable, answerable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, congenial, congruent, congruous, convenient, correct, correspondent, fit, fitting, germane, god given, likely, opportune, pointful, proper, propitious, sensible, suited, sympathetic, worthy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 适当 (Advisable, Appropriate, Due, Expedient, Proper, Proprieties, Propriety), 適當 (appropriate), 適宜 (appropriate), 當 (adequate, at or in the very same..., during, equal, fitting, just at, manage, match equally, obstruct, on the spot, ought, proper, replace, represent, right, same, should, to act as, to be, to pawn, when, withstand), 稱 (balanced, commend, steelyard, to address, to call, to consider, to estimate, to fit, to name, to praise, to say, to weigh, well-off), 恰當 (appropriate), 得宜 (appropriate, proper), 得 (a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect, allow, contented, degree or possibility, finished, gain, get, must, obtain, ought to, permit, proper, proud, ready, to have to, to need to), 允當 (proper), 宜 (appropriate, complete, entire, proper, should, to be over, to finish, whole), 合適 (decent, fit). (various references) | |
Czech | vhodný (adequate, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, desirable, eligible, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, happy, matching, opportune, presentable, proper, propitious, right, sufficient, suited). (various references) | |
Danish | passende (of use). (various references) | |
Dutch | geschikt (appropriate, becoming, convenient, handy, of use, opportune, seemly). (various references) | |
Esperanto | uzebla (of use), taŭga (of use), konvena (appropriate, becoming, seemly), deca (decent, fitting, proper). (various references) | |
Faeroese | søma (be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, befit, suit), vera nóg góður (be suitable, fit, suit), hóska (be appropriate, be fitting, be suitable, befit, suit), duga (be able, be able to, be suitable, fit, suit). (various references) | |
Farsi | فراخور (Proportionate, Worthy), مناسب (Able, Adaptable, Adequate, Apposite, Appropriate, Apt, Becoming, Convenient, Expedient, Fit, Material, Meet, Moderate, Opportune, Pertain, Proper, Relevant, Winsome), مقتضی (Advisable, Appropriate, Due, Expedient, Just, Material, Meet), شایسته (Able, Apropos, Apt, Becoming, Competent, Fit, Good, Intrinsic, Meet, Meritorious, Proper, Seemly, Worthy), درخورد. (various references) | |
Finnish | suotuisa (advantageous, convenient, favourable, propitious), soveltuva (adapted, applicable), sovelias (appropriate, convenient, fit, proper), sopiva (appropriate, convenient, decent, expedient, fit, fitted, fitting, opportune, proper, suited, timely, well-timed). (various references) | |
French | convenable (suited), propice, approprié (suited). (various references) | |
German | geeignet (applicative, applicatively, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, decent, dedicated, eligible, eligibly, feasible, fit, fitted, fitting, fittingly, likely, practical, proper, properly, qualified, qualified for, right, seemly, suitably), tauglich (able bodied, capable, fit, of use, useful), passend (acceptable, apposite, appropriate, appropriately, apropos, apt, aptly, befittingly, compatibility, compatible, convenient, convienient, feasible, fitting, fittingly, matching, opportune, pertinent, pertinently, proper, properly, relevant, suitably, well-fitting), angemessen (adequate, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befit, commensurate, commensurately, condign, congruous, congruously, fair, fitly, moderate, pertinent, proportionate, proportionately, reasonable, satisfactory, seemly, suitably, toward, worthily). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάλληλοσ (appropriate, apt, convenient, expedient, fit, proper, right), κατάλληλος (appropriate, apt, eligible), βολικός (comfortable, convenient), πρόσφορος (fitting), αρμόδιοσ (able, apposite, competent, meet, pertinent, qualified). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | adapt (appropriate, becoming, convenient, handy, opportune, seemly). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתאים (applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, concurrent, congruous, convenient, fit, fitting, germane, likely, meet, proper, propitious), יאה (befitting, fitting, proper, seemly), תואם (analogue, coincidence, commensurate, compatble with, compatible, congruous, coordination, corresponding, fit, harmony, matching, symmetry), הולם (adequate, appropriate, congruous, felicitous, fit, fitting, meet), הוגן (decent, equitable, fair, reasonable, seemly, sporting, straight, upright), ראוי (appropriate, deserving, designated, fit, fitting, meet, proper, worth, worthy), נאות (adequate, appropriate, beauty, becoming, comeliness, decent, due, fit, proper, seemly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | alkalmas (able, applicable, appropriate, apt, capable, competent, congenial, convenient, eligible, expedient, feasible, fit, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, practical, qualified, right, susceptible, the ground plays well, timely). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pantas (appropriate, becoming, befit, decent, ethical, fit, meet, opportune, reasonable), layak (fit, reasonable, worthy), laik (fair, reasonable, worth), cocok (acceptable, agree, appropriate, apt, befit, come true, compatible, corespond, correct, jibe, like, palatable, pin, suit, tally). (various references) | |
Italian | idoneo (able, capable, eligible, fit, of use), conveniente (agreeable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, cheap, convenient, expedient, fit, fitting, good, right, seemly), appropriato (adequate, applicative, apposite, appropriate, becoming, eligible, fit, proper, right), adatto (able, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, capable, convenient, correct, due, fit, fitted, fitting, made, of use, proper, right, suited). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 適正 (reasonable), 相当 (fair, proper, tolerable), 相当 (fair, proper, tolerable), 然る可き (proper), 似つかわしい (appropriate, becoming), 似付かわしい (appropriate, becoming), 似合い (becoming, well-matched), 似合わしい (becoming, well-matched), 好適 (fit, fitted, fitting, ideal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そうとう (cleaning up, complete annihilation, double-headed, fair, generalissimo, hitting upon, mopping up, president, proper, strife, struggle, sweeping or mopping up, sweeping up, thinking of, tolerable), しかるべき (appropriate, due, proper), につかわしい (appropriate, becoming), にあい (becoming, well-matched), にあわしい (becoming, well-matched), こうてき (fit, fitted, fitting, ideal, official, public, public enemy), てきせい (aptitude, enemy's strength or fighting power, inimical character, reasonable). (various references) | |
Korean | 적당한 (Advisable, Appropriate, Proper). (various references) | |
Malay | berguna (of use). (various references) | |
Manx | jesh (adept, becoming, elegant, fancy, felicitous, groomed, neat, ready, righthand, rightwing, seemly, smart, starboard;nice, tidy, trim), cooie (applicable, apt, befit, competent, congruent, decent, decorous, hereditary, opportune, timely). (various references) | |
Papiamen | usabel (of use), adekuado (adequate, conforming, effective, effectual, efficacious, fitting, of use), adekuá (effective, effectual, efficacious, of use), adaptabel (adaptable, conforming, fitting, of use). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uitablesay.(various references) | |
Polish | być zdatnym (be suitable, fit, suit). (various references) | |
Portuguese | apropriado (adequate, applicable, apposite, appropriate, becoming, competent, conforming, congruous, decent, felicitous, fitting, good, happy, likely, opportune, proper, rightdown, seemly), conveniente (advisable, appropriate, becoming, beseeming, congenial, congruous, convenient, due, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, proper, propitious, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, timely, well-timed, wieldy), adequado (adequate, apposite, appropriate, apt, conforming, congruous, due, fit, fitting, good, meet, proper, rightdown, seasonable, seemly). (various references) | |
Romanian | propriu (adequate, appropriate, fitting, inherent, intrinsic, own, peculiar, personal, proper, resident, salient), potrivit (according, according to, adequate, ample, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, assorted, average, becoming, befitting, commensurate, condign, congenial, congruous, conservative, correct, corresponding, decorous, due, duly, eligible, felicitous, fit, fitting, in point, likely, middling, moderate, moderately, opportune, Pat, proper, pursuant to, right, seemly, suited, to), omenesc (clear, correct, decent, fit, human), just (accurate, correct, equitable, even, exact, fair, fairly, just, just so, justly, reasonable, right, righteous, rightful, Square, that's the thing, truly, uprightly), folositor (advantageous, beneficial, effective, expedient, gainful, helpful, instrumental, of use, profitable, purposeful, salutary, serviceable, sound, subservient, useful, wholesome), cumsecade (amiable, decent, fit, good, honest, serviceable), corespunzãtor (accordingly, adequate, answerable, commensurate, congenial, congruent, correct, correspondent, corresponding, decent, equal, equivalent, fit, fitting, normal, reciprocal, relative, respondent, several), convenabil (acceptable, admissible, appropriate, becoming, cheap, comely, convenient, conveniently, eligible, fair, feasible, fit, fitting, goodly, likely, reasonable, seemly, suited), comod (comfortable, comfortably, commodious, convenient, cosily, cosy, cozy, easy, easy going, easy-fitting, handy, practical, roomy, serviceable, slothful, snug), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, soft-hearted, splendid, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), adecvat (adequate, adequately, applicable, appropriate, befitting, condign, fit, likely, meetly, opportune, pertinently, proper). (various references) | |
Russian | годный (effective, fit, good, suited), подходящий (apposite, appropriate, appropriative, apt, assorted, congenial, congruous, convenient, correct, eligible, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fit, germane, in point, likely, opportune, pertinent, pointful, propitious, suited, well-becoming, well-matched). (various references) | |
Scottish | iomchuidh (expedient, fit, meet, proper), dù (fit, just, meet, native., proper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skladan (concordant, harmonic, harmonious, lightsome, tunable), zgodan (appropriate, apt, attractive, comely, convenient, felicitous, good looking, handsome, nice-looking, occasional, opportune, pat), prikladan (apposite, appropriate, convenient, correlative, neat, seemly, snug), pogodan (apt, conducive, convenient, favorable, favourable, fit, fitting, likely, proper, serviceable), podoban (capable, fit), podesan (becoming, compatible, felicitous, fitting, opportune, pat, proper, ready, snug, timely, well-suited). (various references) | |
Spanish | conveniente (accordant, advisable, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, beseeming, convenient, decent, due, expedient, fitting, meet, proper, seemly, unisonous, useful). (various references) | |
Swedish | passande (appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, competent, decent, decently, due, eligible, fit, fitting, good, likely, meet, opportune, pass, seemly, suited), lämplig (adaptable, adequate, appropriate, apropos, apt, competent, convenient, due, eligible, expedient, fit, fitted, fitting, likely, opportune, reasonable, seasonable, timely, useful), läglig (convenient, opportune, seasonable, timely, well timed). (various references) | |
Tahitian | au (to be suitable, to seem). (various references) | |
Thai | เหมาะสม (apt, become, becoming, befit, due, expedient, good, just, likely, meet, neat, seemly). (various references) | |
Turkish | yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, grandiloquent, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pertinent, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, valid, well, well-judged), uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, relevant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), uyan (coincident, correspondent, corresponding, in harmony, observant, pertaining to, regardful), münasip (agreeable, apposite, congruous, decorous, meet, Pat, pertinent, proper, tailormade), elverişli (adequate, auspicious, convenient, favourable, opportune, practicable, practical, propitious, prosperous, streamlined, sufficient, susceptible). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яaramly (fit), kemally (decent, honest). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відповідний (accordant, adequate, agreeable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, coincident, coincidental, commensurate, concordant, conformable, congruent, congruous, consistent, correspondent, corresponding, fit, homologous, mutual, pertinent, proper, relational, relative, respective, worthy), підхожий (acceptable, adapted, agreeable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, befitting, canny, eligible, feasible, fit, fitting, good, likely, meet, o.k., ok, okay, okey, opportune, proper, qualified). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thích hợp (advisable, applicable, apposite, apropos, becoming, befitting, compatible, congenial, congruous, congurent, fitting, meet, met, pertinent, properly), phù hợp (accordant, congruous, consonant). (various references) | |
Welsh | pwrpasol, cyngan (harmonious), cymwys (apt, exact, fit, proper), cyfaddas (convenient, fit), addas (apposite, fitting, proper). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | apta, aptas, apti, aptum, aptus, commendata, commendatum, commendatus, commodus, competo, congruam, congruum, congruus, conpar, conparis, decebat, decent, decet, habilis, idoneam, idonei, idoneos, idoneus, opportunus, par, pares, pari, paria, paris, parium, parum, parumne, parumque. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | gelimplice, gerisenlic. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | bicumelic. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 15, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Parex puri dedotai eiV analwsin thn kat' eniauton kaqarsin ap' authV analiskei to pur kai ekleipei eiV teloV mh crhsimon estai eiV ergasian |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ecce igni datum est in escam utramque partem eius consumpsit ignis et medietas eius redacta est in favillam numquid utile erit ad opus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Lo! it is youun to the fier in to meet; the fier hath waastid eche either parti of it, and the mydil of it is brouyt in to a deed broond; whether it shal be profitable to werk? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it suitable for any work? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 15, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Ania karon, ginasalibay kana ngadto sa kalayo aron isugnod; ang kalayo nagaut-ut sa duruha ka tumoy niana, ug ang taliwala niana nasunog: magapulos ba kana sa bisan unsang buhat? |
| Croatian | Gle, baca se u oganj da izgori: kad mu oganj sažeže oba kraja i sredinu spali, može li još èemu poslužiti? |
| Danish | Når den så oven i købet har været givet Ilden til Føde, så at Ilden har fortæret begge dens Ender, og Midten er svedet, duer den så til noget? |
| Dutch | Ziet, het wordt aan het vuur overgegeven, opdat het verteerd worde; het vuur verteert beide zijn einden, en zijn middelste wordt verbrand; zou het deugen tot een stuk werks? |
| Finnish | Katso, se annetaan tulen kulutettavaksi. Sen molemmat päät on tuli kuluttanut, ja sen keskus on kärventynyt - kelpaako se tarviskaluksi? |
| French | Voici, on le met au feu pour le consumer; Le feu en consume les deux bouts, et le milieu brûle: Sera-t-il bon à quelque chose? |
| German | Siehe, man wirft sie ins Feuer, daß es verzehrt wird, daß das Feuer seine beiden Enden verzehrt und sein Mittles versengt; wozu sollte es nun taugen? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tak ada gunanya selain dijadikan kayu bakar. Dan kalau kedua ujungnya habis terbakar, dan bagian tengahnya pun menjadi arang, masihkah ada gunanya? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwasanya kepada api juga diserahkannya akan dimakan habis, kedua ujungnya sudah habis dimakan api dan tengahnya sudah hangus, bolehkah lagi ia itu berguna kepada barang sesuatu pekerjaan? |
| Italian | Ecco, lo si getta sul fuoco a bruciare, il fuoco ne divora i due capi e anche il centro è bruciacchiato. Potrà essere utile a qualche lavoro? |
| Maori | Nana, e maka ana ki te ahi hei wahie; pau ake i te ahi ona pito e rua, wera iho a waenganui; he pai ranei mo tetahi mahi? |
| Norwegian | Nei, en gir ilden den til føde; ilden fortærer begge endene, og midten blir forbrent; duer den vel da til å gjøre noget arbeid med? |
| Portuguese | Eis que é lançado no fogo, para servir de pasto; o fogo devora ambas as suas extremidades, e o meio dele fica também queimado; serve para alguma obra? |
| Rumanian | Iatq cq este pus pe foc sq ardq; dupqce ki arde focul cele douq capete wi mijlocul, mai poate fi el bun de ceva? |
| Russian | чПФ, ПОП ПФДБЕФУС ПЗОА ОБ УЯЕДЕОЙЕ; ПВБ ЛПОГБ ЕЗП ПЗПОШ РПЕМ, Й ПВЗПТЕМБ УЕТЕДЙОБ ЕЗП: ЗПДЙФУС МЙ ПОП ОБ ЛБЛПЕ-ОЙВХДШ ЙЪДЕМЙЕ? |
| Spanish | He aquí que más bien es echada al fuego para ser consumida; el fuego consume sus dos extremos, y su parte de en medio es abrasada. ¿Servirá para hacer algún objeto? |
| Swedish | Och om det nu därtill har varit livet till mat åt elden, så att dess båda ändar hava blivit förtärda av eld, och vad däremellan finnes är svett, duger det då till något nyttigt? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suitable": suitableness, suitablenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "suitable": unsuitable. (additional references) | |
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"Suitable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: quitable, suiteble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suitable" (pronounced suw"tubul) |
| 7 | s uw" t u b u l | unsuitable. |
| 6 | -uw" t u b u l | indisputable, immutable, inscrutable, irrefutable. |
| 5 | -t u b u l | indestructible, indomitable, inequitable, inevitable, inexhaustible, inflatable, acceptable, accountable, adaptable, adjustable, adoptable, attributable, charitable, collectible, comfortable, compatible, constable, contemptible, contestable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, creditable, debatable, deductible, delectable, detectable, digestible, discountable, disreputable, eatable, electable, equitable, excitable, exportable, forfeitable, forgettable, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hospitable, imitable, imperceptible, implantable, incompatible, incontrovertible, suggestible, supportable, susceptible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, insupportable, insurmountable, interruptible, intractable, investable, irresistible, irritable, lamentable, marketable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, notable, palatable, patentable, perceptible, portable, potable, predictable, presentable, preventable, printable, profitable, prosecutable, quotable, redoubtable, regrettable, rentable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resettable, respectable, retractable, tractable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unbeatable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, undetectable, unelectable, unforgettable, uninhabitable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unsupportable, vegetable, veritable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indispensable, indistinguishable, indivisible, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inescapable, inexcusable, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, accessible, abominable, achievable, actionable, addressable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, classifiable, collapsible, Combinable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, consumable, controllable, credible, crucible, culpable, curable, defensible, definable, degradable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, determinable, developable, disagreeable, discernible, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, edible, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, hon, honorable, horrible, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, impermissible, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, survivable, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, intolerable, invaluable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palpable, parable, passable, payable, peaceable, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, possible, practicable, preferable, probable, programmable, provable, punishable, questionable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, reducible, refundable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, repairable, repayable, replaceable, reprehensible, resealable, responsible, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, tunable, typeable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbelievable, unbuildable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, venerable, verifiable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: albites, astilbe, bastile, bestial, blastie, stabile, sublate, subtile, tabulis. | |
-2 letters: ablest, abseil, albeit, albite, beauts, bleats, blites, bluest, bluets, bustle, butles, saltie, salute, stable, stelai, suable, sublet, subtle, tables, tabuli, usable. | |
-3 letters: abets, ables, abuse, abuts, aisle, alist, bails, baits, bales, basil, baste, bates, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, belts, betas, biles, bites, blase. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: baulkiest, bisulfate, brutalise, jubilates, sublimate. | |
+2 letters: absolutive, absolutize, bisulfates, brutalised, brutalises, brutalizes, disputable, lubricates, subdialect, sublimated, sublimates, tribulates, unsuitable, vestibular. | |
+3 letters: absolutized, absolutizes, automobiles, bisexuality, brutalities, exhaustible, infibulates, inscrutable, justiciable, justifiable, obnubilates, reusability, salubrities, suabilities, subdialects, subinterval, subliteracy, subliterary, subliterate, subterminal, sustainable, usabilities. | |
+4 letters: abstemiously, ambulatories, audibilities, beautifulest, boatbuilders, curabilities, cutabilities, discountable, disreputable, disreputably, durabilities, equabilities, equilibrants, equilibrates, habitualness, indisputable, mutabilities, questionable, questionably, rambouillets, relubricates, subeditorial, subintervals, subsatellite, subspecialty, suitableness, tolbutamides, transfusible, tunabilities, undisputable, unlistenable, unmistakable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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