fitting

fit-ting · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.

  2. 2.

    A small part attached to furniture or equipment.

  3. 3.

    An occasion when clothes are tried on to see if they fit.

Related words

Antonyms: inappropriate, unsuitable
See also: appropriate, fit, suitable
Synonyms: appropriate, proper, suitable

Etymology

Present participle of fit, from Old Norse fitja ("to knit"). The adjective sense of "appropriate" developed from the idea of something that "fits" or matches a situation well.