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fitting

[fit-ing] / ˈfɪt ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
appropriate, suitable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apt felicitous proper
STRONG
becoming correct due meet right
WEAK
applicable comme il faut decent decorous desirable happy just just what was ordered on the button on the nose right on seemly that's the ticket
Antonyms
STRONGEST
improper incorrect unsuitable
STRONG
imprecise inaccurate inappropriate unfitting unseemly wrong
NOUN
accessory
Synonyms
STRONGEST
furniture
STRONG
accouterment appointment attachment component connection convenience equipment extra furnishing instrument paraphernalia part piece trimming unit
Antonyms
STRONG
whole

Example Sentences

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While these systems can be highly effective at fitting data, their "black-box" nature makes it difficult to know how they arrive at their outputs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

Finally, things get going with a funeral — I won’t say whose, only that the death makes a fitting twist for an industry already getting the axe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

It was fitting the two top-scoring sides in the Champions League this season put five goals on the scoreboard in a mesmerising, end-to-end opening period.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

New weight-loss drugs make fitting brides for the big day even more fraught.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

There were fire drills too, and assembly-point procedures, and fitting gas masks on incapable or unconscious patients.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan