Appropriate
Appropriate adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.
Valid and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Valid" instead an adjective "Appropriate".
Valid
Valid adjective - According to the rules of logic.
Appropriate and valid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead an adjective "Valid".
Nearby Words: validity, validation
Both words in one sentence
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Or so they can deliver their lines with appropriate drama, given the Medium Awareness going around, both are equally valid.
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All valid, all used in various media (and various places on this wiki!) This wasn't helped by the tendency of writers of the time to use whatever spelling they themselves thought most phonetically appropriate.
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Valid and Appropriate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/valid
Appropriate & Valid. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/valid>.
Valid or Appropriate. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/valid.
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