Synonyms for suit
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1. suitverb

   Synonyms:
   agree, match, answer

2. suitverb

   To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.

   Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action. — Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   agree, answer, match

3. suitverb

   To be suitable or apt for one's image.

   Synonyms:
   agree, answer, match

4. suitverb

   A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

   Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a surprise visit to this department.

   Synonyms:
   agree, match, answer

5. suitverb

   To dress; to clothe.

   So went he suited to his watery tomb. —Shakespeare.

   Synonyms:
   agree, answer, match

6. suitverb

   To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to fit one's taste.

   If you take my advice, you'll file suit against him immediately.

   Synonyms:
   agree, match, answer

7. suitnoun

   The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.

   Synonyms:
   agree, answer, match

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suitverb

   Synonyms:
   fit, adapt, match, adjust, harmonize, apportion, befit, beseem, tally, correspond, answer, comport, please, serve, agree, become, accord

   Antonyms:
   misfit, misadapt, mismatch, misapportion, unbeseem, vary, differ, disagree, miscomport

2. suitnoun

   Synonyms:
   solicitation, petition, request, action at law, wooing, courtship, process, series

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1. suit, suit of clothesnoun

   a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

   "they buried him in his best suit"

   Synonyms:
   causa, case, courting, lawsuit, cause, courtship, suit of clothes, wooing

2. lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causanoun

   a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

   "the family brought suit against the landlord"

   Synonyms:
   crusade, type, font, instance, pillow slip, case, reason, courting, eccentric, cause, guinea pig, fount, casing, character, event, grounds, subject, example, drive, courtship, causa, suit of clothes, slip, compositor's case, wooing, caseful, grammatical case, causal agent, face, showcase, vitrine, movement, display case, campaign, sheath, typeface, typesetter's case, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, pillowcase, shell

3. suitnoun

   (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

   "all the suits care about is the bottom line"

   Synonyms:
   causa, case, courting, lawsuit, cause, courtship, suit of clothes, wooing

4. courtship, wooing, courting, suitnoun

   a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

   "its was a brief and intense courtship"

   Synonyms:
   courting, case, lawsuit, courtship, suit of clothes, wooing, cause, causa

5. suitnoun

   a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

   Synonyms:
   causa, case, courting, lawsuit, cause, courtship, suit of clothes, wooing

6. suitverb

   playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color

   "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"

   Synonyms:
   causa, case, courting, lawsuit, cause, courtship, suit of clothes, wooing

7. suit, accommodate, fitverb

   be agreeable or acceptable to

   "This suits my needs"

   Synonyms:
   go, conciliate, outfit, fit, gibe, admit, fit out, equip, hold, meet, agree, adapt, check, match, tally, correspond, jibe, oblige, lodge, accommodate, reconcile, become, befit, conform to, beseem

8. suitverb

   be agreeable or acceptable

   "This time suits me"

   Synonyms:
   become, accommodate, beseem, befit, fit

9. befit, suit, beseemverb

   accord or comport with

   "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"

   Synonyms:
   fit, become, accommodate, befit, beseem

10. become, suitverb

    enhance the appearance of

    "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

    Synonyms:
    get, become, accommodate, fit, beseem, befit, go, turn

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Businessman
   • Embellish
   • Entreaty
   • Garment
   • Match
   • Meet

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suitnoun

   Synonyms:
   set, SUITE

2. suitnoun

   Synonyms:
   request, solicitation, petition, entreaty, prayer, supplication, appeal, invocation

3. suitnoun

   Synonyms:
   courtship, wooing, addresses

4. suitnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) prosecution, process, trial, action, cause, case

5. suitverb

   Synonyms:
   fit, adapt, fashion, accommodate, level, match, make suitable or proper

6. suitverb

   Synonyms:
   become, befit; be suited, fitted, or adapted to; be suitable for, be appropriate for

7. suitverb

   Synonyms:
   please, gratify, make content

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1. suitnoun

   Synonyms:
   wooing, courtship, addresses, prosecution, action, lawsuit, retinue, suite, petition, solicitation, entreaty, request

   Associated words:
   champerty, maintenance, lawsuit

2. suitverb

   Synonyms:
   fit, adapt, adjust, please, gratify, satisfy, accord, comport, agree

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1. List of paraphrases for "suit":

   costume, palo, outfit, tux, combination, armor, getup, tailor, lawsuit, armour, dress

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1. Proverb:

   They come into the courtroom in a suit and leave with no trousers

2. Adam Matthews:

   This is an industry first, with this review Shell have set the benchmark for best practice on corporate climate lobbying not just within oil and gas but across all industries. The challenge now is for others to follow suit.

3. Max Lucado, The Applause of Heaven:

   Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit. Max Lucado

4. Xavier Becerra:

   The Trump Administration’s assault on clean car standards risks our ability to protect our children’s health, tackle climate change, and save hardworking Americans money, we’re ready to file suit if needed to protect these critical standards and to fight the Administration’s war on our environment. California didn’t become the sixth-largest economy in the world by spectating.

5. Michael Moller:

   If you look at what's happening, a number of countries are walking away from all the international agreements they can lay their hands on, and a good number of their citizens are not following suit, individuals, mayors, businesses just say no, we're going in a different direction.