Another word for fit
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Another word for fit
Modifier
Appropriate by nature
Antonyms:Appropriate by adaption
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Noun
A sudden attack of disease
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Verb
To be suitable in character
To be suitable in size and shape
Idioms:
by fits and starts
have (or throw) a fit
Synonym Study
- Apt is used of that which is exactly suited to the purpose an apt phrase
- Fitting is applied to that which accords harmoniously with the character, spirit, or tone of something a fitting end to a fine day
- Appropriate implies that something is especially or distinctively fit or suitable books appropriate for young children
- Proper implies reference to that which naturally or rightfully belongs to something or suggests a fitness or suitability dictated by good judgment proper respect for one's elders
- Suitable is applied to that which accords with the requirements or needs of the occasion or circumstances shoes suitable for hiking
- Fit , the broadest term here, means having the qualities or qualifications to meet some condition, circumstance, purpose, or demand fit for a king
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