different between wonderful vs suitable

English

Alternative forms

• wonderfool (eye dialect), woonderful (eye dialect), wonderfull (archaic), wondreful (obsolete), wondrefull (obsolete), 1drfl (internet slang)

Etymology

From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder +? -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?n.d?.fl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?n.d?.fl?/
• Rhymes: blunderful

Adjective

wonderful (comparative wonderfuller or wonderfuler or more wonderful, superlative wonderfullest or wonderfulest or most wonderful)

1. Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 278:

     He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives.

2. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

   They served a wonderful six-course meal.

Synonyms

• (excellent, extremely impressive): great, amazing, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, fantastic, frabjous, mint
• See also Thesaurus:wonderful
• See also Thesaurus:excellent

Antonyms

• (excellent, extremely impressive): terrible, horrible

Translations

Adverb

wonderful (not comparable)

1. (dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent.

Related terms

• women are wonderful effect
• wonder
• wonderfully
• wonderland
• wonderment
• wondrous

Anagrams

• underflow, wondreful

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