suitableness - Glite Dictionary

Examples

Instead, Henry takes every opportunity to demonstrate his suitableness as her would-be "dutiful" husband and further increases her debt in the hopes of eventually enticing her to succumb to his advances.

Academic text (2018)
The suitableness of the dress for the wedding made her feel confident and elegant.
We evaluated the suitableness of each candidate for the job before making our decision.
The child's age was an important factor in determining the suitableness of the toy.

Synonyms

sufficiency

vssuitableness

20 5.9

Enough of something for a particular purpose

is about being appropriate for use rather than merely being enough

appropriateness

vssuitableness

9 4.1

The quality of being suitable for a situation

is focused on fitting a particular purpose or use

suitability

vssuitableness

8 3.2

How right something is for a particular use or situation

has the same meaning but uses a different word ending

applicability

vssuitableness

8 5.7

How relevant or suitable something is for a particular use

emphasizes general fitness rather than specific relevance to a subject

adequacy

vssuitableness

6 3.7

A state of being enough or suitable for a purpose

emphasizes fitting purpose not just having enough quantity

acceptability

vssuitableness

5 4.8

How much people think something is good enough

focuses on suitability for use rather than formal approval

aptness

vssuitableness

1 6.1

A quality that makes something fit a certain situation

is more general covering ordinary suitability rather than special fitness

meetness

vssuitableness

Archaic

9.9

How suitable or proper something is for a certain situation

is the same idea but expressed with a different word form

properness

vssuitableness

6.5

Being correct and appropriate for a situation

focuses more on general fitness rather than strict correctness

fittingness

vssuitableness

7.3

How right something is for a situation or purpose

highlights practical use and fitting to specific needs instead of generality

appositeness

vssuitableness

Formal

8.6

The quality of being suitable for a situation or purpose

is slightly more about being well adjusted to the situation than general fit

patness

vssuitableness

9.4

Being exactly right and suitable for a situation

does not imply exact timing or tight suitability

adaptedness

vssuitableness

Specialized

8.0

How well something fits a place or purpose

is about simple appropriateness for use rather than the process of being adjusted

acceptableness

vssuitableness

6.7

How suitable something is for a group or situation

focuses on fitting a purpose rather than meeting set standards

Antonyms

inappropriateness

4 7.0

Not being suitable for a situation or place

unsuitability

1 5.5

A state in which something is not right for a particular use or situation

How Suitable

appropriateness

9 4.1

suitableness

5.6

fit

79 1.0

acceptability

5 4.8

adequacy

6 3.7

Surface Forms

suitableness singular

suitablenesses plural

Morphology

suitableness = suitable (transparent) = suit + able + ness

Formed by adding '-ness' to the clearly derived adjective 'suitable' (suit + -able), so the noun meaning is directly predictable from the base adjective.

Etymology

The word suitableness comes from the root suit, which once meant 'to follow' and is the same idea behind words like sequence and sequel. So, suitableness is about how well something 'fits' or 'follows' what is needed.