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appropriateadjective meeting the requirements of a purpose or situationI don't think jeans and a T-shirt are appropriate attire for a wedding applicable, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, right, suitable condign, deserved, just, justifiedneeded, required, requisiteable, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trainedpitch-perfectacceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerablecorrect, decorous, respectable, seemlybalanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmoniousrightful in order improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrainedinadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactorygraceless, incorrect, indecorousincompatible, uncongenial appropriateverbto take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual rightarchaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequesterassume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrestdespoil, loot, pillageencroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespassembezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate to take (something) without right and with an intent to keepyou can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it! boost(slang), filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick(British slang), nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve burglarize, knock over, robloot, pillage, plunder, sackcarjack, hijack(also highjack)pick, riflepoach, rustle, shopliftcollar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, takemooch, spongeabduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with buy, purchasebestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present adj.fit, suitable, meet, proper, appropriate, fitting, apt, happy, felicitous mean right with respect to some end, need, use, or circumstance.fit stresses adaptability and sometimes special readiness for use or action.fit for battle suitable implies an answering to requirements or demands.clothes suitable for camping meet suggests a just proportioning.meet payment proper suggests a suitability through essential nature or accordance with custom.proper acknowledgement appropriate implies eminent or distinctive fitness.an appropriate gift fitting implies harmony of mood or tone.a fitting end apt connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination.apt quotations happy suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate.a happy choice of words felicitous suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful.a felicitous phrase in the 15th century |