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Synonyms for befitting
bɪˈfɪt ɪŋbe·fit·ting
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
befitting
That is becoming in dress which suits the complexion, figure, and other qualities of the wearer, so as to produce on the whole a pleasing effect. That is decent which does not offend modesty or propriety. That is suitable which is adapted to the age, station, situation, and other circumstances of the wearer; coarse, heavy boots are suitable for farm-work; a juvenile style of dress is not suitable for an old lady. In conduct much the same rules apply. The dignity and gravity of a patriarch would not be becoming to a child; at a funeral lively, cheery sociability would not be decorous, while noisy hilarity would not be decent; sumptuous display would not be suitable for a poor person. Fit is a compendious term for whatever fits the person, time, place, occasion, etc.; as, a fit person; a fit abode; a fit place. Fitting, or befitting, is somewhat more elegant, implying a nicer adaptation. Meet, a somewhat archaic word, expresses a moral fitness; as, meet for heaven. Compare BEAUTIFUL.
Synonyms:
becoming, beseeming, comely, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, proper, seemly, suitable, worthyAntonyms:
awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, improper, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitablePreposition:
The dress was becoming to the wearer. Such conduct was becoming in him.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
befitting
Synonyms:
fitting, decent, becoming, suitable, appropriate, proper, consistent, expedient, desirableAntonyms:
obligatory, compulsory, unbefitting, indecent, unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, incompatible, inexpedient, improper
Princeton's WordNet
befittingadjective
appropriate to
"behavior befitting a father"
Antonyms:
inappropriate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
befittingadjective
Synonyms:
suitable, proper, becoming, appropriate, seemly, meet, applicable, congruous
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#859 | meet | |
#1152 | appropriate | |
#1931 | fit | |
#2818 | proper | |
#3367 | consistent | |
#3378 | becoming | |
#3580 | suitable | |
#7256 | decent | |
#7772 | fitting | |
#8085 | worthy | |
#9037 | desirable | |
#10534 | neat | |
#19860 | graceful | |
#34267 | expedient | |
#67543 | befitting | |
#80929 | comely | |
#168275 | seemly | |
#173643 | decorous | |
#282556 | congruous |
How to use befitting in a sentence?
I want to tell you, Narendra Modi, that we will give a befitting response. Our armed forces are ready.
It is utterly un-befitting of a President to be engaging in those kinds of personal insults, attacks.
The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse -- as a luxury befitting a young man.
From the day of its installation, I have shared my disappointment in the final outcome and have always believed it to be by far my most unsettling sculpture, not befitting of Lucy's beauty or my ability as a sculptor.
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