suitableadjective
uk/ˈsuː.tə.bəl//ˈsjuː.tə.bəl/us/ˈsuː.t̬ə.bəl/B1 acceptable or right for someone or something:
The film is not suitable for children.
A conference was planned, but finding a suitable venue proved difficult.
Each room has books, toys, and games that are suitable to that particular age group.
My mother doesn't like me to wear short skirts to church - she doesn't think they're suitable.
Opposite
unsuitable
More examples
- The book was expurgated to make it suitable for children.
- In the absence of more suitable candidates, we decided to offer the job to Mr Conway.
- I was looking for a birthday present for my mother but I didn't find anything suitable.
- It is an antiseptic cream suitable for minor skin irritations.
- We regret that latecomers cannot be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- felicitous
- fit in
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- keeping
- rightly
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
- valid
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suitability
noun [ U ] uk/ˌsuː.təˈbɪl.ə.ti//ˌsjuː.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌsuː.t̬əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
C1
There were doubts about his suitability for the job.
the suitability of the site for development
assessments of their suitability to adopt a child
suitably
adverb uk/ˈsuː.tə.bli//ˈsjuː.tə.bli/us/ˈsuː.t̬ə.bli/
B2
a suitably qualified person