suitable
[ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩][ˈsju.tə.bɫ̩]
suitable adjective: having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
Adjective
suitable (comparative more suitable, superlative most suitable)
- Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
- Doctors told Matthew Parker’s family there was only a 1% chance of finding a suitable donor for Matthew because his body had rejected a previous transplant.2015 February 23, Rachel Janik, “Texas Teacher Will Donate a Kidney to 6-Year-Old Student”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2019
- Synonyms:
- fit for purpose, up to standard, allowable, appropriate, apropos, apposite, apt, comely, commensurate, correct
suitable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
suitable in Hindi
- appropriate to a certain occasion
- उपयुक्त upyukt, उचित ucit
suitable in Tamil
- தகுந்த, ஏற்ற, பொருத்தமான, உகந்த
suitable in Marathi
- suitable
- योग्य yogya
suitable in Urdu
- suitable, worthy
- شایان śāyān
- suitable, proper
- مناسب munāsib
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- suitable in Bengali
- উপযুক্ত upojukto
- suitable in Telugu
- తగిన tagina, యుక్తమైన yuktamaina
- suitable in Malayalam
- അനുയോജ്യമായ anuyōjyamāya, അനുയോജ്യം anuyōjyaṁ
- suitable in Kannada
- ಸೂಕ್ತ, ಯೋಗ್ಯ, ಉಚಿತ, ಯುಕ್ತ
- suitable in Punjabi
- ਢੁਕਵਾਂ, ਅਨੁਕੂਲ
- suitable in Gujarati
- યોગ્ય yogya, શિસ્ત śist, લાયક lāyak
- suitable in Odia
- ଉଚିତ ucita
- suitable in Sanskrit
- क्षण kṣaṇa, नर्य nárya, युक्त yuktá
- suitable in Sinhala
- යෝග්ය yōgya
- suitable in Nepali
- योग्य yogya
- suitable in Pashto
- وړ wëṛ
- suitable in Tagalog
- hiyang, kahiyang
- suitable in Arabic
- مُنَاسِب munāsib, مُلَائِم mulāʔim, لَائِق lāʔiq
- suitable in Malay
- sesuai
- suitable in Vietnamese
- phù hợp, thích hợp
Examples of suitable in a sentence
- You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.
- The inverse sine function is multivalued unless it is restricted to a suitable range.
- For samples that are suitable for aliquoting, take 15ml and place in a scintillation vial.
Synonyms of suitable
- fit for purpose
- up to standard
- allowable
- appropriate
- apropos
- apposite
- apt
- commensurate
- correct
- expedient
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Antonyms
Forms of suitable
| comparative | more suitable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most suitable |
Origin of suitable
From suit + -able.
Words formed from suitable
Questions about suitable
- What does suitable mean?
- Suitable means having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
- What is suitable in Hindi?
- Suitable in Hindi is उपयुक्त (upyukt), उचित (ucit). See Suitable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is suitable?
- Suitable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce suitable?
- Suitable is pronounced [ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩] (UK).
Words near suitable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suitable (page history and authors); suitable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); योग्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); شایان (Urdu) (page history and authors); উপযুক্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); suitable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suitable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); યોગ્ય (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଉଚିତ (Odia) (page history and authors); क्षण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); යෝග්ය (Sinhala) (page history and authors); योग्य (Nepali) (page history and authors); وړ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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