English word
Fit
Definitions
adjective
- acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
- adapted to an end or design : suitable by nature or by art
- adapted to the environment so as to be capable of surviving
- sound physically and mentally : healthy
- put into a suitable state : made ready
- being in such a state as to be or seem ready to do or suffer something
Synonyms for fit
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- suitable
- appropriate
- fitting
- fitted
- proper
- good
Synonyms by context
Of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose
adjective
- right
- meet
- apt
- qualified
- seemly
- able
Being well-suited for a required purpose
adjective
- favorable
- favourable
- desirable
- beneficial
- advantageous
- felicitous
- opportune
- seasonable
- wise
- tasteful
(of a person) Having the requisite qualities or skills to undertake something competently
adjective
- competent
- capable
- eligible
- equipped
- skilled
- adequate
- prepared
- proficient
To join or cause to join together to form a whole
verb
- connect
- join
- attach
- link
- splice
- unite
- fuse
- interlock
- weld
- piece together
To be suitable or appropriate for
verb
- suit
- match
- do
- serve
- belong to
- go with
- parallel
- become
- befit
To be consistent or in agreement with
verb
- agree
- conform
- cohere
- coincide
- correspond
- comport
- go
- check
- chord
- dovetail
The particular way in which things match
noun
- consistency
- compatibility
- concurrence
- correlation
- correspondence
- affinity
- agreement
- equivalence
- similarity
A sudden burst of intense emotion
noun
- attack
- bout
- burst
- explosion
- outburst
- spell
- access
- eruption
- flare
- flare-up
Antonyms for fit
- unusable
- unserviceable
- impracticable
Opposite of of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose
- unsuitable
- unfit
- inapplicable
- unusable
- impractical
- impossible
- unserviceable
- impracticable
- infeasible
- nonpractical
Opposite of being well-suited for a required purpose
- unsuited
- inappropriate
- unacceptable
- unfitting
- inadequate
- inapt
- unfitted
- wrong
- improper
(of a person) Opposite of having the requisite qualities or skills to undertake something competently
- unqualified
- incapable
- unequipped
- incompatible
- incompetent
- inexperienced
- unprepared
Opposite of to join or cause to join together to form a whole
- separate
- disconnect
- uncombine
- disassemble
- disjoin
- disunite
- free
- remove
- undo
- break
Opposite of to be suitable or appropriate for
- clash
- mismatch
- disagree
- oppose
- conflict
- contradict
- contrast
- disaccord
- discord
- disharmonize
Opposite of to be consistent or in agreement with
- counter
- dispute
- deny
- disconfirm
- disprove
- challenge
- confute
- disallow
- disavow
Opposite of the particular way in which things match
- incompatibility
- unsuitability
- irreconcilability
- discordance
- disparateness
- incongruity
- opposition
- disagreement
Opposite of a sudden burst of intense emotion
- emotionlessness
- passiveness
- passivity
- impassiveness
- impassivity
- affectlessness
- insensibility
- apathy
Phrases
- able to do
- according to hoyle
- ad rem
- all right
- appropriate to
- apropos of
- as much as is necessary
- as much as you need
- associated with
- best suited
- by the book
- by the numbers
- capable of
- comme il faut
- commensurable to
- commensurable with
- completely understandable
- cut out
- cut out for
- de règle