suited

Meanings

1. 1adjectivecomparable

   Right or appropriate for a particular person, job or situation.

   Grammar: Follows a verb and takes to or for: she is suited to teaching.

   Patterns

   • suited to something
   • suited for something
   • well suited

   He is well suited to a job that involves travel.

   This soil is better suited for tomatoes than for carrots.

   They are perfectly suited, with the same sense of humor.

2. 2adjectivebefore a nouninformal

   Wearing a suit, especially a formal business one.

   Grammar: Often combined: suited and booted.

   Patterns

   • suited and booted

   A suited man stood waiting outside the office.

   They arrived suited and booted for the interview.

   The room was full of suited executives.

Word forms

Common combinations

well suited

She is well suited to leadership.

ideally suited

The flat is ideally suited to a young couple.

poorly suited

The shoes are poorly suited to rough trails.

suited to the task

Is he suited to the task?

suited for

This tent is suited for cold weather.

Synonyms and how they differ

appropriate

Appropriate is more general and describes what fits a situation, not matching a person's qualities.

fitted

Fitted can also mean physically sized or equipped, and is less common with abstract matching.

right

Right is a plain word with less detail on what makes it fit.

matched

Matched stresses equality between two things, while suited stresses fitting a use.

Opposites

Word family

suit verb

to be right or convenient for someone

suitable adjective

right for a purpose

suitability noun

the quality of being right for something

unsuited adjective

not right for something

Commonly confused: suited or suitable?

Practice

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