Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | au fait, becoming, befitting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, correct, de rigueur, decent, demure, dignified, done, elegant, fit, fitting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved |
| Antonyms: | impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, proper |
| Synonyms: | becoming, coming, condign, deserved, earned, equitable, fair, fit, fitting, good, just, justified, merited, obligatory, requisite, rhadamanthine, right, rightful, suitable |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, insufficient, unjustified, unmerited, unrightful, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | eligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fit, worthy |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, appropriate, becoming, capable of, desirable, discretionary, elective, employable, equal to, fitted, in line for, in the running, licensed, likely, preferable, privileged, proper, qualified, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suited, trained, up to, usable |
| Notes: | eligible means qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen while illegible means hard to read or not legible |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, ineligible, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | able, adapted, adequate, advantageous, apposite, apt, becoming, befitting, beneficial, capable, comely, comme il faut, competent, conformable, convenient, correct, correspondent, deserving, desirable, due, equipped, equitable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fitted, fitting, good enough, happy, just, likely, meet, opportune, practicable, preferable, prepared, proper, qualified, ready, right, rightful, seasonable, seemly, tasteful, timely, trained, well-suited, wise, worthy |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, inappropriate, incorrect, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | fitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | applicable, apt, becoming, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, desirable, due, felicitous, happy, just, just what was ordered, meet, on the button, on the nose, proper, right, right on, seemly, that's the ticket |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useful, adequate |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, advantageous, all right, ample, appropriate, approving, apt, auspicious, becoming, benefic, beneficial, benignant, brave, commendatory, commending, common, conformable, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, favorable, favoring, fit, fitting, fruitful, healthful, healthy, helpful, hygienic, meet, needed, opportune, profitable, proper, propitious, respectable, right, salubrious, salutary, satisfying, seemly, serviceable, suitable, tolerable, toward, unobjectionable, wholesome |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, rotten, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | graceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, charming, lovely |
| Synonyms: | adroit, aesthetic, artistic, balletic, beautiful, becoming, comely, controlled, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, flowing, handsome, harmonious, limber, lissome, lithe, natural, neat, nimble, pleasing, pliant, poised, practiced, pretty, refined, rhythmic, seemly, shapely, skilled, slender, smooth, springy, statuesque, supple, symmetrical, tasteful, trim, willowy |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
| Antonyms: | awkward, careless, graceless, inept, uncouth, ungraceful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, aristocratic, athletic, august, beautiful, becoming, clean-cut, comely, dapper, elegant, fair, fashionable, fine, good-looking, graceful, impressive, lovely, majestic, noble, personable, pulchritudinous, robust, sharp, smart, smooth, spruce, stately, strong, stylish, suave, virile, well-dressed, well-proportioned |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | nice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likable, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, copacetic, cordial, courteous, decorous, delightful, ducky, fair, favorable, fine and dandy, friendly, genial, gentle, good, gracious, helpful, ingratiating, inviting, kind, kindly, lovely, nifty*, obliging, okay*, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, polite, prepossessing, seemly, simpatico, superior, swell, unpresumptuous, welcome, well-mannered, winning, winsome |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, horrible, nasty, repulsive, unlikable, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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