APPROPRIATENESS Synonyms

• satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

• the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:

• the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

• relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand

• inherent ability

• a disposition to behave in a certain way

• appropriateness for the occasion

• a feeling of sympathetic understanding

• capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination

• the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate

• the state of being suitable or opportune

• the quality of being useful and convenient

• a toilet that is available to the public

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• conformity to fact or truth

• the quality of conformity to social expectations

• the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

• the quality of being polite and respectable

• propriety in manners and conduct

• the quality or state of being eligible

• the quality of being suited to the end in view

• taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

• pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

• the quality of being suitable

• good physical condition; being in shape or in condition

• the quality of being qualified

• correct or appropriate behavior

• the relation of something to the matter at hand

• a sense of propriety and consideration for others

• the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose