I. verb
1.
to take over as if by preeminent right
limitations on the right of the state to appropriate private property
Synonyms: accroach, annex, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, preempt, seize, sequester, take; compare arrogate 1
Related Word: grab, grasp, snatch; claim, exact, extort, wrench; conscript, draft, press
Idioms: help oneself to, lay hold of, make free with, take possession of
2.
Synonyms: steal 1, annex, ||cop, filch, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snitch, swipe
Related Word: despoil, spoil; forage, raid
3.
Synonyms: arrogate 1, accroach, assume, commandeer, preempt, usurp
II. adjective
1.
Synonyms: fit 1, applicable, apt, befitting, felicitous, fitting, just, meet, proper, suitable
Related Word: apposite, germane, pertinent, relevant; opportune, pat, seasonable, timely
Contrasted words: incompatible, incongruous, inconsonant
Antonyms: inappropriate
2.
Synonyms: good 2, convenient, fit, meet, proper, suitable, useful
Related Word: agreeable, desirable, enjoyable, pleasant; acceptable, admissible, eligible, entitled, right, worthy
Contrasted words: disagreeable, undesirable, unpleasant; inadmissible, ineligible, unworthy, wrong
Antonyms: inappropriate
3.
Synonyms: just 3, condign, deserved, due, merited, requisite, rhadamanthine, right, rightful, suitable
Contrasted words: unfair, unjustified, unmerited, unreasonable; unsuitable
Antonyms: inappropriate
4.
Synonyms: true 7, desired, fitting, proper
Antonyms: inappropriate