suitable

Suitable is an adjective meaning right or appropriate for a particular purpose, person, occasion, or set of conditions. It implies conformance to requirements, expectations, or norms, rather than moral correctness or high quality alone. In everyday use, something is described as suitable when it adequately fits the needs at hand.

Common usage involves the preposition for: a suitable candidate for the job; suitable for beginners; or a product that is suitable for a given use. The phrase not suitable for is also common. While suitable is often close in meaning to appropriate, fitting, or adequate, it carries a sense of compatibility with specific requirements rather than general excellence or propriety.

Etymology: Suitable is derived from the noun suit, meaning something that fits or matches, plus the suffix -able. The form first appeared in English in the late Middle English period and has remained in regular use since.

Related forms include suitability (the noun for the quality of being suitable) and suitably (adverb form). Antonyms include unsuitable, inappropriate, ill-suited, and inapt.