befitting
1befitting — befitting; un·befitting; …
2Befitting — Be*fit ting, a. Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting. [1913 Webster] …
3befitting — index applicable, apposite, appropriate, condign, convenient, due (regular), eligible, favorable ( …
4befitting — 1560s, prp. adjective from BEFIT (Cf. befit) (q.v.). Related: Befittingly …
5befitting — [adj] appropriate according to Hoyle*, apt, becoming, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the button*, on the nose*, proper, right, right on*, seemly …
6befitting — [bē fit′iŋ, bi fit′iŋ] adj. proper or right; suitable befittingly adv …
7befitting — befit ► VERB (befitted, befitting) ▪ be appropriate for. DERIVATIVES befitting adjective …
8Befitting — Befit Be*fit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befitting}.] To be suitable to; to suit; to become. [1913 Webster] That name best befits thee. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
9befitting — befittingly, adv. befittingness, n. /bi fit ing/, adj. suitable; proper; becoming: planned with a befitting sense of majesty. [1555 65; BEFIT + ING2] Syn. appropriate, fitting, apt, seemly. Ant. unsuitable, inappropriate, unbecoming. * * * …
10befitting — preposition this is an automobile befitting your fine taste Syn: in keeping with, as befits, appropriate to, fit for, suitable for, suited to, proper to, right for, compatible with, consistent with, in character with; archaic meet for …
