suit
A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
Noun 4 meanings
A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
“Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.”
A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit.
A dress.
A full set of armour.
Verb 4 meanings
To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
To be suitable or apt for one's image.
“The ripped jeans didn't suit her elegant image.”
To be appropriate or apt for.
“The nickname "Bullet" suits her, since she is a fast runner.”
To dress; to clothe.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sute, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suite, from metathesis of earlier Old French siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, from *sequere, from sequor, sequi, from Proto-Italic *sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor, from *sekʷ-. Doublet of suite. Cognate with Italian seguire and Spanish seguir.
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SUIT at a glance
SUIT has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + I 1 + T 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,004 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with suit
All rhymesOne letter away
- QUIT13
- SPIT6
- SLIT4
- SKIT8
- SMIT6
- SUET4
- SUID5
- SNIT4
- DUIT5
- CUIT6
- LUIT4
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