suit

suit
n
1. set of clothes, matched outfit, outfit, ensemble; costume, Inf. getup, Inf. rig; turnout, best clothes, best bib and tucker, Inf. Sunday clothes, Inf. Sunday best, Inf. Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, Sl. heavy threads, Sl. glad rags; business suit, grey flannel suit, Brooks Brothers uniform; tuxedo, Inf. tails; uniform, livery, regimentals.
2. courtship, addresses, attentions; wooing, pursuit, courting, court; Sl. the make.
3. lawsuit, case, action at law; trial, process, litigation, proceeding, cause, judicial contest.
4. petition, entreaty, request, requisition, application, address; supplication, obsecration, obtestation, impetration, solicitation, invocation, adjuration, im-ploration, beseechment, Eccles. rogation; plea, prayer, orison, appeal.
5. follow suit
comply, go along, concur; be conventional, be regular, run with the herd or pack, swim with the current, follow the crowd, follow the fashion; copy, imitate, emulate, do like, parallel, model after, copycat; mimic, ape, monkey, parrot, mirror, echo.
v
6. adapt, fashion, shape, proportion, remodel; conform, accommodate, comply, fit, adjust, modify.
7. satisfy, fill one's needs, please, content, gratify, gladden, charm, cheer, delight, Inf. tickle pink, Inf. suit to a T; do one's heart good, Inf. hit the spot, delectate.
8. array, dress, garb, clothe, vest, attire, apparel, habit, Sl. dude up, robe, costume; equip, furnish, Obs. appoint; gird, ready, prepare; All Mil. arm, forearm, Sl. heel, Archaic. harness; deck, deck out, bedeck, caparison, trap, adorn, dress out, decorate.
9. conform to, befit, become, be seemly, be fitted to, be suitable to or for; get along, be compatible, Inf. hit it off; correspond, harmonize, tally, mesh, fit, agree with, accord with, square, match.

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