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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable |
| Synonyms: | able, applicable, appropriate, apt, au fait, becoming, befitting, capable, competent, convenient, decent, desired, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, happy, just, legitimate, meet, qualified, right, suited, true, useful |
| Antonyms: | improper, unacceptable, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conventional, correct |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accepted, accurate, arrant, complete, consummate, customary, decorous, established, exact, formal, free of error, on target, on the button, on the nose, on the right track, orthodox, out-and-out, precise, right, unmistaken, usual, utter |
| Antonyms: | incorrect, substandard, unconventional |
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual, personal |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, distinctive, idiosyncratic, own, particular, peculiar, private, respective, special, specific |
| Antonyms: | general |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise |
| Synonyms: | authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, defined, definite, deft, detailed, discriminating, discriminative, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the button, on the money, on the nose, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specific, strict, systematic, true, ultraprecise, unerring, unmistakable, veracious |
| Antonyms: | careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague |
| Main Entry: | admissible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able or deserving of consideration; allowable |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, allowed, applicable, appropriate, concedable, fair, fitting, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, likely, logical, not impossible, not unlikely, okay, passable, permissible, permitted, pertinent, possible, probable, proper, rational, reasonable, relevant, right, suitable, tolerable, tolerated, warranted, worthy |
| Antonyms: | illegitimate, inadmissible, inapplicable, irrelevant, unfair, unjust, unsuitable, wrong |
| Main Entry: | agreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, in keeping |
| Synonyms: | befitting, compatible, congruous, consistent, consonant, fitting, proper |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, discordant, incompatible, incongruous, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | allowable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permissible |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, admissible, legal, legitimate, proper |
| Antonyms: | impermissible, prohibited |
| Main Entry: | all right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | satisfactory |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, adequate, appropriate, average, decent, fair, fit, fitting, good, hunky-dory, okay, okey-dokey, passable, proper, satisfying, standard, sufficient, swell*, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable |
| Antonyms: | unsatisfactory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable |
| Synonyms: | adapted, applicable, appurtenant, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, belonging, congruous, convenient, correct, deserved, desired, due, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, good, just, on the button, on the nose, opportune, pertinent, proper, relevant, right, rightful, seemly, tailor-made, true, useful, well-suited, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | improper, unbecoming, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable, unsuited |
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