- appropriate
- adj1. suitable, fitting, befitting, meet, proper, becoming, seemly; suited, fit, well-suited, likely, agreeable, adapted, congruous; expedient, due, (of punishment) condign.2. timely, felicitous, seasonable, convenient, opportune.3. apt, pertinent, applicable, relevant, germane, apposite, apropos, to the point.4. proper, particular, own, individual, separate, peculiar, characteristic, idiosyncratic.v5.(all usu. of funds) set apart, assign, allot, apportion, appoint; allocate, disburse, dole out; authorize, legislate.6. take possession of, avail oneself of, claim, confiscate, impound; seize, commandeer, expropriate, arrogate, usurp, accroach, assume; make free with, help oneself to, steal [s.o.'s] thunder.7. steal, thieve, pilfer, purloin, finger, filch, Inf. snitch; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate, swindle, pocket; shoplift, palm, Sl. boost, walk off or away with; Sl. pinch, Sl. swipe, Sl. rip off, Sl. crook, Sl. cop, Sl. lift.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.