fit

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adj

1. suitable, well-suited, well-adapted, fitted; correspondent, corresponding, corresponsive, analogous, coherent; conforming, consonant, congruous, harmonious.

2. proper, due, meet, seemly, decorous, right, correct, fitting, befitting; apt, appropriate, apropos, apposite, pat, applicable; relevant, germane, pertinent, to the point, Latin, ad rem; becoming, felicitous, occasional.

3. competent, efficient, Sl. on the ball; commensurate, equal to, Inf. up to; capable, able, capacitated; qualified, eligible, satisfactory, Inf. up to snuff or par, acceptable, adequate, Archaic. sufficient; worthy of or to, deserving of or to.

4. prepared, readied, primed, trained, well-grounded, up to grade; equipped, furnished, outfitted, fitted out, fitted up, suited up.

5. hardy, stalwart, sturdy, muscular, strong; robust, strapping, hearty, vigorous, in good shape or condition; hale, healthy, well; sane, mentally sound, Latin, compos mentis.

v

6. suit, befit, correspond to, analogize, tally, match, equal, go, Inf. click, Brit. Dial. fadge.

7. become, harmonize, jibe, conform, coincide, mesh, synchronize, Inf. sync, dovetail.

8. concur, meet, connect, come together, cohere, fuse, contact; join, adjoin, reach.

9. adjust, join together, accommodate, fashion; adapt, modify, regulate, calibrate, graduate.

10. qualify, endow, endue; capacitate, enable, empower, entitle; Inf. bring up to snuff or par.

11. prepare, ready, get ready, prime, condition; ground, train, instruct, coach, teach, educate.

12. provide, supply, furnish, accouter, outfit, fit out, fit up; equip, rig, arm, forearm, fledge, Archaic. harness; apparel, attire, array, caparison, deck out; garb, clothe, robe, drape, dress, invest, vest.

13. affix, arrange, dispose, situate, station, position, place, put; deposit, seat, locate, set, lay, Archaic. impose.

n

14. trying-on, fitting, sizing, measure, tailoring, alteration, altering; regulating, regulation, calibrating, calibration, graduating, graduation.

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n

1. convulsion, spasm, paroxysm, throe, qualm; attack, seizure, spell, stroke, Pathol. ictus; outbreak, outburst, tantrum, storm, explosion, eruption; agitation, Inf. dither, Inf. tizzy, Inf. stew, ferment, fume.

2. by or in fits and starts

fitfully, intermittently. See fitfully.