" befitting "

1: following the established traditions of refined society and good taste;

  * e.g., " ... many voters feel that the womanizing governor has not acted in a befitting manner for someone who serves as the state's chief executive "

•  Synonyms : 

•  correct,

•  de rigueur,

•  decent,

•  decorous,

•  genteel,

•  nice,

•  polite,

•  proper,

•  respectable,

•  seemly

•  Antonyms : 

•  improper,

•  inappropriate,

•  incorrect,

•  indecent,

•  indecorous,

•  indelicate,

•  unbecoming,

•  ungenteel,

•  unseemly

2: meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation;

  * e.g., " ... a befitting reply to a civil question "

•  Synonyms : 

•  applicable,

•  appropriate,

•  apt,

•  becoming,

•  felicitous,

•  fit,

•  fitted,

•  fitting,

•  good,

•  happy,

•  meet,

•  pretty,

•  proper,

•  right,

•  suitable

•  Antonyms : 

•  improper,

•  inapplicable,

•  inapposite,

•  inappropriate,

•  inapt,

•  incongruous,

•  indecent,

•  infelicitous,

•  malapropos,

•  misbecoming,

•  unapt,

•  unbecoming,

•  unbeseeming,

•  unfit,

•  unfitting,

•  unhappy,

•  unmeet,

•  unseemly,

•  unsuitable,

•  wrong

1: to be fitting or proper;

  * e.g., " ... spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beseeming,

•  doing,

•  fitting,

•  going,

•  serving,

•  suiting

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to be fitting or proper;

  * e.g., " ... spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beseem,

•  do,

•  fit,

•  go,

•  serve,

•  suit

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)