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suitable
having the right qualities for a particular purpose or person:
• a suitable place for a picnic • They don’t consider him a suitable husband for their daughter.
right
completely suitable in every way:
• It’s a nice house, but it isn’t right for us. • We’ll tell her when the time is right.
appropriate
suitable for a particular purpose. Appropriate is more formal than suitable:
• She filled out all the appropriate forms. • It may not be an appropriate time to ask him about it. • It’s not appropriate to wear a short skirt for an interview. • the appropriate way to end a business letter
proper
the proper tool, piece of equipment, or way of doing something is the one that most people think is most suitable:
• You can’t change a wheel without the proper tools. • the proper procedure for hiring staff
suited to something
if someone is suited to something, he or she has the right qualities to do it:
• He’d be well suited to the job.
Longman-Thesaurus
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adverbs
very/highly suitable
( also eminently suitable formal )
• This exercise is very suitable for back pain sufferers.
particularly/especially suitable
• The resort is particularly suitable for families.
equally suitable
• I wanted a shoe that was equally suitable for both racing and training.
perfectly suitable
(= completely suitable )
• The programme is perfectly suitable for children of all ages.
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adj. VERBS be, look, prove, seem, sound | make sth The exercise-with-answer-key format makes the book suitable for self-study. | consider sth, deem sth These properties are considered especially suitable for older people. ADV. eminently, especially, highly, particularly, very | perfectly | quite | not entirely, not quite, not really This holiday is not really suitable for wheelchair users. | not necessarily | hardly, scarcely | potentially | equally There are many other training courses that would be equally suitable. PREP. as not suitable as a word-processing program | for The walk is suitable for all the family. | to conditions suitable to their development
Oxford Collocations Dictionary