fitting

¹fitting

adj

Definition of FITTING

: of a kind appropriate to the situation : suitable

— fit·ting·ly \-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

— fit·ting·ness noun

Examples of FITTING

1. It was a fitting end to their rivalry.
2. <it is only fitting that you should be the one to take her back to the airport since she flew out to see you>

First Known Use of FITTING

15th century

Related to FITTING

Synonyms: applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fitted, fit, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, right, suitable

Antonyms: improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong

Related Words: condign, deserved, just, justified; needed, required, requisite; able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained; pitch-perfect; acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable; correct, decorous, respectable, seemly; balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious; rightful

Near Antonyms: incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained; inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory; graceless, incorrect, indecorous; incompatible, uncongenial

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Rhymes with FITTING

knitting, pitting, sitting, splitting