different between suitable vs first-rate

English

Etymology

suit +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?t?bl/

Adjective

suitable (comparative more suitable, superlative most suitable)

1. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

Synonyms

• fit for purpose (British)
• up to standard (British)

Antonyms

• unsuitable

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• appropriate
• apt
• congruous
• consonant
• corresponding
• eligible
• fit
• meet
• pertinent
• seemly

Further reading

• suitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• suitable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• sabulite

English

Noun

first-rate (plural first-rates)

1. (military, nautical, historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks

Adjective

first-rate

1. (military, nautical, historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
2. (by extension) Exceptionally good.
   • 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature

     Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.

Translations

See also

• second-rate
• third-rate
• fourth-rate