Word Meanings - APPOSITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of APPOSITE)
- Apt
- Fit
- apposite
- clever
- meet
- liable
- becoming
- appropriate
- ready
- fitting
- suitable
- pertinent
- qualified
- prompt
- adapted
- likely
Related words: (words related to APPOSITE)
- PROMPT-BOOK
The book used by a prompter of a theater. - APPROPRIATENESS
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. - QUALIFICATION
1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. 2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success; - ADAPTABLE
Capable of being adapted. - QUALIFIED
1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. 2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. Qualified fee , a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs, - PERTINENT
1. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence. 2. Regarding; concerning; belonging; - QUALIFIER
, One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains. - PROMPTLY
In a prompt manner. - APPROPRIATE
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words - BECOME
happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional - READY-MADE
Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes. - ADAPTNESS
Adaptedness. - PROMPTUARY
Of or pertaining to preparation. Bacon. - PROMPT-NOTE
A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods. - ADAPTIVE
Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. -- A*dapt"ive*ly, adv. - PROMPTNESS
1. Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action. 2. Cheerful willingness; alacrity. - ADAPT
Fitted; suited. Swift. - ADAPTATION
1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. "Adaptation of the means to the end." Erskine. 2. The result of adapting; an adapted form. - BECOMED
Proper; decorous. And gave him what becomed love I might. Shak. - LIKELY
1. Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson. 2. Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to - UNBECOMING
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - APPERTINENT
Belonging; appertaining. Coleridge. - OVERREADY
Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n. - PLIABLE
1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant. 2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be - COMPLIABLE
Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant. Another compliable mind. Milton. The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accemodated to their passions. Jortin. - UNAPPROPRIATE
1. Inappropriate; unsuitable. 2. Not appropriated. Bp. Warburton. - UNBECOME
To misbecome. Bp. Sherlock. - OUTFITTER
One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.