suit

Nouns

  • (n) a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
    • they buried him in his best suit
    suit of clothes,
  • (n) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
    • the family brought suit against the landlord
    causa, lawsuit, case, cause,
  • (n) (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
    • all the suits care about is the bottom line
  • (n) a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
    • its was a brief and intense courtship
    courting, courtship, wooing,
  • (n) a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
  • (n) playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
    • a flush is five cards in the same suit
    • in bridge you must follow suit
    • what suit is trumps?

Verbs

  • (v) be agreeable or acceptable to
    • This suits my needs
    accommodate, fit,
  • (v) be agreeable or acceptable
    • This time suits me
  • (v) accord or comport with
    • This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
    befit, beseem,
  • (v) enhance the appearance of
    • Mourning becomes Electra
    • This behavior doesn't suit you!
    become,

Synonyms

suit of clothes accommodate fit causa lawsuit case cause befit beseem become courting courtship wooing

Words of close approximity

sub Sue sum sun sup Sur Sus S.U.V. SUV
such suck suds suer suet Suez Sufi sugi Sula sulk sumo sump Sung sunk sura surd sure surf Susa Suva
suitability suitable suitableness suitably suitcase suite suited suiting suit of armor suit of armour suit of clothes suitor