Adequate
Befitting
Befitting adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.
Usage example: many voters feel that the womanizing governor has not acted in a befitting manner for someone who serves as the state's chief executive
Adequate and befitting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adequate" instead an adjective "Befitting".
Nearby Word: befitted
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fitting and adequate
- fitting and befitting
- good and adequate
- good and befitting
- right and adequate
- right and befitting
- fit and adequate
- fit and befitting
- appropriate and adequate
- appropriate and befitting
- satisfactory and adequate
- satisfactory and befitting
- correct and adequate
- correct and befitting
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