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Synonyms for befitting

  • adjective

Most common

appropriate fitting seemly decorous decent suitable apposite congruous

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Adjective

appropriate, proper, seemly, decorous, fitting, suitable, apposite, decent, fit, congruous, desirable, happy, becoming, due, expedient, apt, right, meet, advisable, applicable, apropos, comely formal, felicitous, opportune, seasonable, comme il faut

Antonyms

unbecoming, inappropriate, unbefitting

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Appropriate, becoming.

    He moved with a befitting grace.

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Befitting or Fitting?

Fitting, or befitting, is somewhat more elegant, implying a nicer adaptation.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • appropriate It's not appropriate for puritanical misanthropic.
  • fitting I would like to try it. Where is the fitting room?
  • decent No decent human being could possibly believe this.
  • suitable This programme is not suitable for your age group.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
befittingrising
appropriatesteady
fittingsteady
seemlysteady
decoroussteady
decentrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
due1, fit1, apt1
4 letters
meet1
5 letters
right1, happy2
6 letters
proper2, decent2, comely2, seemly
7 letters
fitting2, apropos3
8 letters
becoming3, suitable3, decorous3, apposite
9 letters
desirable4, advisable4, expedient4, opportune3, congruous
10 letters
applicable4, felicitous4, seasonable4
11 letters
appropriate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).