| Main Entry: | comme il faut |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proper |
Synonyms: |
becoming, befitting, comely, correct, de rigueur, decorous, fitting, polite, respectable, seemly |
| Main Entry: | becoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable; appropriate |
Synonyms: |
befitting, comme il faut, compatible, conforming, congruous, correct, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, in keeping, nice, proper, right, seemly, worthy |
Antonyms: |
improper, inappropriate, unbecoming, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | befitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate |
Synonyms: |
according to Hoyle, apt, becoming, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the button, on the nose, proper, right, right on, seemly, suitable, what the doctor ordered |
Antonyms: |
improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unfitting, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proper, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, becoming, careful, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, decent, decorous, diplomatic, done, fitting, meticulous, nice, okay, punctilious, right, right stuff, scrupulous, seemly, standard, suitable |
Antonyms: |
improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unfitting, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow, straight shooting, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited |
| Main Entry: | decorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
Synonyms: |
au fait, becoming, befitting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, correct, de rigueur, decent, demure, dignified, done, elegant, fit, fitting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved |
Antonyms: |
impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | de rigeur |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proper, right |
Synonyms: |
au fait, becoming, comme il faut, conventional, correct, decent, decorous, done, fitting, necessary, required |
Antonyms: |
improper, wrong |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suitable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
able, adapted, adequate, advantageous, apposite, apt, becoming, befitting, beneficial, capable, comely, comme il faut, competent, conformable, convenient, correct, correspondent, deserving, desirable, due, equipped, equitable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fitted, fitting, good enough, happy, just, likely, meet, opportune, practicable, preferable, prepared, proper, qualified, ready, right, rightful, seasonable, seemly, tasteful, timely, trained, well-suited, wise, worthy |
Antonyms: |
inadequate, inappropriate, incorrect, unfit, unsuitable, unsuited, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | fitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
Synonyms: |
applicable, apt, becoming, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, desirable, due, felicitous, happy, just, just what was ordered, meet, on the button, on the nose, proper, right, right on, seemly, that's the ticket |
Antonyms: |
improper, inappropriate, incorrect, unfitting, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mannerly, decent |
Synonyms: |
becoming, befitting, by the book, by the numbers, comely, comme il faut, conforming, correct, de rigueur, decorous, demure, genteel, in line, kosher*, moral, nice, polite, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, punctilious, puritanical, refined, respectable, right, seemly, solid, square*, stone, straight*, strait-laced, stuffy |
Antonyms: |
crass, crude, misbehaving, objectionable |