Appropriate
Appropriate adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Respective and appropriate are semantically related in comparable topic. In some cases you can use "Respective" instead an adjective "Appropriate", when it comes to topics like germane, decent.
Respective
Respective adjective - Not the same or shared.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Respective
Appropriate and respective are semantically related in comparable topic. You can use "Appropriate" instead an adjective "Respective", if it concerns topics such as germane, separate, decent.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
Brains and Brawn: Jack and Kelly team up with their respective genders filling the appropriate roles.
Source: Film / Lake Placid -
Krabs have eye stalks, appropriate for their respective species (snail and crab, respectively).
Source: Eye on a Stalk -
Touhou fandom is filled with these, using a character's respective leitmotif to create appropriate songs for them.
Source: Image Song
Cite this Source
Respective and Appropriate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/respective
Appropriate & Respective. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/respective>.
Respective or Appropriate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/respective.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "appropriate" and "respective" have occurred on timeline