befitting as an adjective: - 1
befit as a verb: - 1
befitting
adjective
1 befitting
Appropriate to.
Roget 646:
expedient;
desirable,
advisable,
acceptable;
convenient;
worth while,
meet;
fit,
fitting;
due,
proper,
eligible,
seemly,
becoming;
befitting
etc.
v.;
opportune
etc.
(in season)
134;
in loco;
suitable
etc.
(accordant)
23;
applicable
etc.
(useful)
644.
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Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
entitled to;
claiming;
deserving,
meriting,
worthy of.
privileged,
allowed,
sanctioned,
warranted,
authorized;
ordained,
prescribed,
constitutional,
chartered,
enfranchised.
prescriptive,
presumptive;
absolute,
indefeasible;
unalienable,
inalienable;
imprescriptible†,
inviolable,
unimpeachable,
unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to,
merited,
deserved,
condign,
richly deserved.
allowable
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
due,
en r gle;
fit,
fitting;
correct,
proper,
meet,
befitting,
becoming,
seemly;
decorous;
creditable,
up to the mark,
right as a trivet;
just the thing,
quite the thing;
selon les r gles [Fr.].
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Moby thesaurus: a propos, ad rem, adapted, advantageous, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, appropriate to, apropos, apt, auspicious, becoming, comme il faut, conforming, congruous, convenient, correct, decent, desirable, dovetailing, due, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, geared, good, happy, just, just right, likely, lucky, meet, meshing, nice, on the button, opportune, pat, politic, profitable, proper, proper to, propitious, providential, qualified, recommendable, relevant, right, ripe, seasonable, seemly, sortable, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile ... show more.
befit
verb
1 befit
Accord or comport with.
synonyms: beseem, suit.
Roget 646:
be expedient
etc.
adj.;
suit
etc.
(agree)
23;
befit;
suit the time,
befit the time,
suit the season,
befit the season,
suit the occasion,
befit the occasion.
conform
etc.
82.
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Roget 23:
be accordant
etc.
adj.;
agree,
accord,
harmonize;
correspond,
tally,
respond;
meet,
suit,
fit,
befit,
do,
adapt itself to;
fall in with,
chime in with,
square with,
quadrate with,
consort with,
comport with;
dovetail,
assimilate;
fit like a glove,
fit to a tittle,
fit to a T;
match
etc.
17;
become one;
homologate†.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488.
render accordant
etc.
adj.;
fit,
suit,
adapt,
accommodate;
graduate;
adjust
etc.
(render equal)
27;
dress,
regulate,
readjust;
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile;
fadge†,
dovetail,
square.
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Roget 926:
be the duty of;
be incumbent
etc.
adj..
on,
be responsible
etc.
adj.;
behoove,
become,
befit,
beseem;
belong to,
pertain to;
fall to one's lot;
devolve on;
lie upon,
lie on one's head,
lie at one's door;
rest with,
rest on the shoulders of.
take upon oneself
etc.
(promise)
768;
be bound to,
become bound to,
be sponsor for,
become sponsor for;
incur a responsibility
etc.
n.;
be under an obligation,
stand under an obligation,
lie under an obligation;
have to answer for,
owe to it oneself.
impose a duty,
etc.
n.;
enjoin,
require,
exact;
bind,
bind over;
saddle with,
prescribe,
assign,
call upon,
look to,
oblige.
enter upon a duty,
perform a duty,
observe a duty,
fulfill a duty,
discharge a duty,
adhere to a duty,
acquit oneself of a duty,
satisfy a duty,
enter upon an obligation,
perform an obligation,
observe an obligation,
fulfill an obligation,
discharge an obligation,
adhere to an obligation,
acquit oneself of an obligation,
satisfy an obligation;
act one's part,
redeem one's pledge,
do justice to,
be at one's post;
do duty;
do one's duty
etc.
(be virtuous)
944.
be on one's good behavior,
mind one's P's and Q's.
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Dutch: behoren, bekomen
Moby thesaurus: advance, advantage, agree with, answer, be bound, be obligated, be obliged, be right, become, befitting, behoove, benefit, beseem, do the trick, fill the bill, fit, forward, go together, not come amiss, owe it to, profit, promote, serve, suit the occasion, work ... show more.
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