befit

Verb

Meaning

To be suitable to; to suit; to become.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

suit behoove beseem become becoming hit serve meet match apply benefit concern fit agree answer
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Antonyms

difficult differ row harm contrary rebel
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Hypernyms

match fit agree check correspond tally

Derivatives

befitted befitting

Examples

This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman! Source: Internet

Her friends disapproved, claiming that it did not befit a Queen to be seen everywhere with a dog, so they paid a dressmaker to make a stuffed version of the animal for her. Source: Internet

If she had indeed complained – as would befit a high-ranking lady of renowned piety, as she had been regarded – these petitions may have had some effect: the allegations were dropped and never again pursued. Source: Internet

To do this, he needed his characters to exit and enter to or from whatever area their social standing would befit. Source: Internet

What was permitted to the young David does not befit a soldier in the army of the independent, sovereign State of Israel. Source: Internet

You assume that confusion does not befit the scientific expert. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

befinned befiperide befiradol befitted befitting befittingly