Synonyms of the word

appropriate

• adj. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
• adj. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
• adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit.
• v. (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
• v. (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all…
• v. (transitive, Britain, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation,…

advantageous

• adj. Being of advantage, beneficial.

allot

• v. (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
• v. (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

allow

• v. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
• v. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
• v. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
• v. To not bar or obstruct.
• v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
• v. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
• v. (transitive) To render physically possible.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
• v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

apposite

• adj. Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well-suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
• adj. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally:…
• adj. Related, homologous.
• n. (rare) Something that is apposite.

apropos

• adj. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
• adj. by the way, incidental.
• prep. Regarding or concerning.
• adv. By the way.
• adv. Timely; at a good time.

apt

• adj. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
• adj. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
• adj. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert.

arrogate

• v. (transitive) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.

assign

• v. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
• v. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
• v. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
• v. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
• v. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
• v. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
• n. An assignee.
• n. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

assume

• v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
• v. To take on a position, duty or form.
• v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner.
• v. To receive or adopt.
• v. To adopt an idea or cause.

befitting

• v. present participle of befit.
• adj. appropriate, becoming.

capture

• n. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
• n. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
• n. Something that has been captured; a captive.
• n. The recording or storage of something for later playback.
• n. (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
• v. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
• v. To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
• v. To reproduce convincingly.
• v. To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

congruent

• adj. Corresponding in character.
• adj. harmonious.
• adj. (mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.
• adj. (mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
• adj. (algebra) Satisfying a congruence relation.

congruous

• adj. Corresponding in character.
• adj. Harmonious.

conquer

• v. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
• v. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
• v. To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
• v. To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

earmark

• v. (transitive) To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
• v. (transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.
• n. A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
• n. (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
• n. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

expedient

• adj. Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
• adj. Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
• adj. Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
• adj. (obsolete) Quick; rapid; expeditious.
• n. A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

fit

• adj. Suitable, proper.
• adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
• adj. In good shape; physically well.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
• adj. Prepared; ready.
• v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
• v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
• v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
• v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
• v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
• v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
• v. (transitive) To make ready.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
• v. To be proper or becoming.
• v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
• n. The degree to which something fits.
• n. Conformity of elements one to another.
• n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
• n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
• n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
• n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
• n. A seizure or convulsion.
• n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
• n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
• n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

harmonious

• adj. Showing accord in feeling or action.
• adj. Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.
• adj. Melodious; in harmony.

pat

• n. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep.
• n. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands.
• n. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
• v. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
• v. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat.
• v. (Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
• v. To gently rain.
• adj. timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
• adj. trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.
• adv. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
• adv. Perfectly.
• n. patent.
• n. (knitting) pattern.

pertinent

• adj. important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant.

portion

• n. An allocated amount.
• n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
• n. One's fate; lot.
• n. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
• n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
• v. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
• v. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

proper

• adj. (heading) Suitable.
• adj. (heading) Possessed, related.
• adj. (heading) Accurate, strictly applied.
• adv. (Scotland) properly; thoroughly; completely.
• adv. (nonstandard, slang) properly.

reserve

• n. (behaviour) Restriction.
• n. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• n. (social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.
• n. In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person…
• n. (calico printing) A resist.
• n. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
• v. To keep back; to retain.
• v. To keep in store for future or special use.
• v. To book in advance; to make a reservation.
• v. (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

right

• adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
• adj. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two…
• adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
• adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
• adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
• adj. Real; veritable.
• adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
• adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
• adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points…
• adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
• adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
• adv. On the right side.
• adv. Towards the right side.
• interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
• interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
• interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
• interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
• interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
• n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
• n. A legal or moral entitlement.
• n. The right side or direction.
• n. The right hand.
• n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
• n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
• v. To correct.
• v. To set upright.
• v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
• v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
• adv. Exactly, precisely.
• adv. Immediately, directly.
• adv. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
• adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
• adv. In a correct manner.
• adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.

seize

• v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
• v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
• v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
• v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
• v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

suitable

• adj. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

suited

• v. simple past tense and past participle of suit.
• adj. (poker, of two or more cards) Of the same suit.

usurp

• v. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
• v. To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
• v. (obsolete) To make use of.
• v. To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.