suitableness

Other forms: suitablenesses

Definitions of suitableness
  1. noun
    the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose
    synonyms: suitability
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    unsuitableness
    the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
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    appropriateness
    the quality of being specially suitable
    fitness, fittingness
    the quality of being suitable
    convenience
    the quality of being useful and convenient
    felicitousness, felicity
    pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
    appositeness, aptness
    appropriateness for the occasion
    just the ticket, ticket
    the appropriate or desirable thing
    making, qualification
    an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
    opportuneness, patness, timeliness
    timely convenience
    accessibility, availability, availableness, handiness
    the quality of being at hand when needed
    habitability, habitableness
    suitability for living in or on
    decorum
    the fitness of a composition’s style to its subject
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    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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