meant or adapted for an occasion or use
"a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"
"not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"
worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
"the parents found the girl suitable for their son"
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suitable
No time was ever suitable in all points. [ Proverb ]
Expression is the dress of thought, and
Appears more decent as more suitable;
A vile conceit in pompous words expressed,
Is like a clown in regal purple dressed. [ Pope ]
May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune. [ Shenstone ]
If there were a people of gods, they would govern themselves democratically: so perfect a government is not suitable to men. [ J. J. Rousseau ]
That state of life is alone suitable to a man in which and for which he was born, and he who is not led abroad by great objects is far happier at home. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]
Thinkers who trace systems of philosophy are merely impelled by an innate instinct; they know that their precepts, however excellent, are not suitable to the majority: the wisdom may be admired by many, but few will follow the principles. [ De Finod ]
suitablein Scrabble®
The word suitable is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
suitable:
ablutes, albites, astilbe, libates
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suitablein Words With Friends™
The word suitable is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
suitable:
ablutes, albites, astilbe, libates
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suitablein them (2 words)
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it suit
ab able table
ab tab table
ta tab table
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suitableness unsuitableness
unsuitable unsuitableness