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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUITABLE, a. Fitting; according with; agreeable to; proper; becoming; as ornaments suitable to one's character and station; language suitable to the subject.
1. Adequate. We cannot make suitable returns for divine mercies.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy" [syn: suitable, suited]
2: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable, suitable, worthy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1581 1. obsolete similar, matching 2. a. adapted to a use or purpose <suitable for kitchen use> b. satisfying propriety ; proper <suitable dress> c. able, qualified <a suitable candidate for the job> Synonyms: see fit • suitability noun • suitableness noun • suitably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (usu. foll. by to, for) well fitted for the purpose; appropriate. Derivatives: suitability n. suitableness n. suitably adv. Etymology: SUIT + -ABLE, after agreeable

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Suitable Suit"a*ble, a. Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv. Syn: Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant; agreeable; competent; correspondent; compatible; consonant; congruous; consistent.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Someone or something that is suitable for a particular purpose or occasion is right or acceptable for it. Employers usually decide within five minutes whether someone is suitable for the job... The authority must make suitable accommodation available to the family. ADJ: oft ADJ for n/-ing • suitability ...information on the suitability of a product for use in the home. N-UNCOUNT: with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Fit, proper, meet, apt, appropriate, seemly, becoming, due, just, apposite, applicable, fitting, befitting, relevant, eligible, adapted, accordant, consonant, conformable, pertinent, agreeable, answerable, correspondent, decent, convenient, to the point, to the purpose.

Moby Thesaurus

a propos, acceptable, according to Hoyle, ad rem, adapted, adequate, admissible, advantageous, advisable, ample, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, auspicious, barely sufficient, becoming, befitting, civil, commensurate, competent, condign, congruous, convenient, correct, corresponding, decent, decorous, deserved, desirable, dovetailing, due, eligible, enfranchised, enough, equal to, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, geared, genteel, good, good enough, happy, just, just right, kosher, likely, lucky, meet, merited, meshing, minimal, minimum, nice, normal, normative, on the button, opportune, pat, plenty, plenty good enough, politic, presentable, profitable, proper, propitious, proportionate, providential, qualified, reasonable, recommendable, relevant, requisite, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, ripe, satisfactory, seasonable, seemly, sortable, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, up to, urbane, useful, well-timed, wise, with voice, with vote, worthwhile, worthy