Suit
nnoun.artifacta set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and colorSynset:suit of clothes
Examples:- they buried him in his best suit
Hypernyms:garment
Inherited Hypernyms:suitgarmentclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:suitgarmentclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:business suitdouble-breasted suitpinstripesingle-breasted suitslack suitzoot suit
Full Hyponyms:business suitdouble-breasted suitpants suitpinstripesingle-breasted suitslack suitthree-piece suittwo-piecezoot suit
nnoun.acta comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedyTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:case causa cause lawsuit
Examples:- the family brought suit against the landlord
Derivationally Related Form:sue
Hypernyms:legal proceeding proceeding proceedings
Inherited Hypernyms:lawsuitproceedingdue processgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:lawsuitproceedingdue processgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bastardy proceedingcivil suitclass-action suitclass actioncountersuitcriminal suitmootpaternity suit
Full Hyponyms:civil suitclass actioncountersuitcriminal suitmootpaternity suit
nnoun.person(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suitDomain Usage:depreciationderogationdisparagementargotcantjargonlingopatoisslangvernacular
Examples:- all the suits care about is the bottom line
Hypernyms:businessman man of affairs
Inherited Hypernyms:suitbusinessmanbusinesspersoncapitalistpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:suitbusinessmanbusinesspersoncapitalistpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.communicationa man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)Synset:courting courtship wooing
Examples:- its was a brief and intense courtship
Derivationally Related Form:woocourt
Hypernyms:appeal entreaty prayer
Inherited Hypernyms:courtshipentreatyrequestspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bundling
nnoun.communicationa petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rankHypernyms:appeal entreaty prayer
Inherited Hypernyms:suitentreatyrequestspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.artifactplaying card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and colorExamples:- a flush is five cards in the same suit
- in bridge you must follow suit
- what suit is trumps?
Member Holonyms:deck deck of cards pack of cards
Hypernyms:playing card
Inherited Hypernyms:suitplaying cardcardpapermaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:suitplaying cardcardpapermaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:major suitminor suittrump
Full Hyponyms:major suitminor suittrump
vverb.stativebe agreeable or acceptable toSynset:accommodate fit
Derivationally Related Form:accommodativefitteraccommodation
Hypernyms:conform to fill fit fulfil fulfill meet satisfy
Inherited Hypernyms:suitfitprovidegivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.stativebe agreeable or acceptableHypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:suitbe
Direct Hyponyms:agree
Full Troponyms:agree
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.stativeaccord or comport withSynset:befit beseem
Examples:- This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
Hypernyms:agree check correspond fit gibe jibe match tally
Inherited Hypernyms:befitmatchequal
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.stativeenhance the appearance ofSynset:become
Examples:- Mourning becomes Electra
- This behavior doesn't suit you!
Hypernyms:beautify embellish fancify prettify
Inherited Hypernyms:becomefancifybetterchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody