Definition of suffice

"suffice" in the verb sense

1. suffice, do, answer, serve

be sufficient be adequate, either in quality or quantity

"A few words would answer"

"This car suits my purpose well"

"Will $100 do?"

"A `B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"

"Nothing else will serve"

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Quotations for suffice

Deeds alone suffice. [ Whittier ]

To the wise a word may suffice. [ Proverb ]

Amongst good men two men suffice. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

No words suffice the secret soul to show,
For truth denies all eloquence to woe. [ Byron ]

To be virtuous, it does not suffice to will it. [ La Beaumelle ]

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. [ Emerson, from Wordsworth ]

A tomb now suffices for him for whom the world did not suffice. [ Apropos of Alexander the Great ]

One meal a day is enough for a lion, and it ought to suffice for a man. [ Dr. George Fordyce ]

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and deeds alone suffice. [ Whittier ]

Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity. [ Watts ]

Poetry is unfallen speech. Paradise knew no other, for no other would suffice to answer the need of those ecstatic days of innocence. [ Abraham Coles ]

One must have a heart to know how to love; senses do not suffice. Temperament led by the mind leads to voluptuousness, but never to love. [ De Bernis ]

Grief is a flower as delicate and prompt to fade as happiness. Still, it does not wholly die. Like the magic rose, dried and unrecognizable, a warm air breathed on it will suffice to renew its bloom. [ Mme. de Gasparin ]

A few words worthy to be remembered suffice to give an idea of a great mind. There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work, a simplicity so finished and so perfect that it equals in merit and in excellence a large and glorious composition. [ Joubert ]

A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and inflame; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess them. What is the fond love of dearest friends compared to his treasure? Is memory as strong as expectancy, fruition as hunger, gratitude as desire? [ Thackeray ]

suffice in Scrabble®

The word suffice is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters suffice:

SUFFICE
(110 = 60 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

suffice

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word suffice

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In suffice

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suffice in Words With Friends™

The word suffice is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters suffice:

SUFFICE
(134 = 99 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

suffice

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word suffice

SUFFICE
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In suffice

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Words within the letters of suffice

2 letter words in suffice (4 words)

3 letter words in suffice (9 words)

4 letter words in suffice (5 words)

5 letter words in suffice (3 words)

7 letter words in suffice (1 word)

suffice + 1 blank (3 words)

suffice + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence suffice

Words that start with suffice (5 words)

Words with suffice in them (1 word)

Words that end with suffice (1 word)

Word Growth involving suffice

Shorter words in suffice

ice

Longer words containing suffice

sufficed

sufficer sufficers

suffices