n.
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: fit · ter ; fit · test
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle English fitten
Date: 14th century
1 a (1) : adapted to an end or design : suitable by nature or by art (2) : adapted to the environment so as to be capable of surviving b : acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : PROPER <a movie fit for the whole family>
2 a : put into a suitable state : made ready <get the house fit for company> b : being in such a state as to be or seem ready to do or suffer something <fair fit to cry I was ― Bryan MacMahon> <laughing fit to burst>
3 : sound physically and mentally : HEALTHY
– fit · ly adverb
– fit to be tied : extremely angry or irritated
– fit to kill : in a striking manner <dressed fit to kill >
synonyms FIT , SUITABLE , MEET , PROPER , APPROPRIATE , FITTING , APT , HAPPY , FELICITOUS mean right with respect to some end, need, use, or circumstance. FIT stresses adaptability and sometimes special readiness for use or action < fit for battle>. SUITABLE implies an answering to requirements or demands <clothes suitable for camping>. MEET suggests a just proportioning < meet payment>. PROPER suggests a suitability through essential nature or accordance with custom < proper acknowledgement>. APPROPRIATE implies eminent or distinctive fitness <an appropriate gift>. FITTING implies harmony of mood or tone <a fitting end>. APT connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination < apt quotations>. HAPPY suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate <a happy choice of words>. FELICITOUS suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful <a felicitous phrase>.