Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of become
plural becomings
- uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesThe act or process by which something becomes.
By tracing the turns from U.S. to Japan to China, we can see that becoming American, the classic ethnic American narrative, itself opens to further becomings and unbecomings and rebecomings that address mobility and ethnicization […]
2007, Una Chung, Contagion of Living
comparative more becoming · superlative most becoming
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveaccording with custom or propriety
adjectivedisplaying or setting off to best advantage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἱκανός
- ἱκανός (hikanós)pleasingly suitable
Arabic صَيْرُورَة
- صَيْرُورَة (ṣayrūra)The act or process by which something becomes
Bengali ভবন
- ভবন (bhobon)The act or process by which something becomes
Bulgarian подходящ, подобаващ
- подходящ (podhodjašt)pleasingly suitable
- подобаващ (podobavašt)pleasingly suitable
Catalan esdevenir
- esdevenirThe act or process by which something becomes
Chinese Mandarin 生成
- 生成 (shēngchéng)The act or process by which something becomes
Danish tilblivelse
- tilblivelseThe act or process by which something becomes
Dutch voorkomend, respectabel
- voorkomendpleasingly suitable
- respectabeldecent, respectable
Finnish sopiva
- sopivapleasingly suitable
French devenir, décent(e)
- devenirThe act or process by which something becomes
- décent(e)decent, respectable
- respectabledecent, respectable
German Werden, passend
- WerdenThe act or process by which something becomes
- passendpleasingly suitable
- gut stehendpleasingly suitable
- anständigdecent, respectable
- geziemenddecent, respectable
Greek ταιριαστό
- ταιριαστό (tairiastó)pleasingly suitable
Hindi उचित, उपयुक्त
- उचित (ucit)pleasingly suitable
- उपयुक्त (upyukt)pleasingly suitable
- शोभनीय (śobhnīya)pleasingly suitable
- शोभनीय (śobhnīya)decent, respectable
Hungarian valamivé levés, alakulás
- valamivé levésThe act or process by which something becomes
- alakulásThe act or process by which something becomes
- létesülésThe act or process by which something becomes
- keletkezésThe act or process by which something becomes
- előnyöspleasingly suitable
- jól állópleasingly suitable
- valópleasingly suitable
- illődecent, respectable
- ildomosdecent, respectable
- méltódecent, respectable
- helyénvalódecent, respectable
Irish feiliúnach, fóirsteanach
- feiliúnachpleasingly suitable
- fóirsteanachpleasingly suitable
- maisiúilpleasingly suitable
- maspleasingly suitable
- oiriúnachpleasingly suitable
Italian divenire
- divenireThe act or process by which something becomes
Japanese 似合う
- 似合う (niau)pleasingly suitable
Latin consentaneus
- consentaneuspleasingly suitable
Polish twarzowy
- twarzowypleasingly suitable
Portuguese devir, apropriado
- devirThe act or process by which something becomes
- apropriadopleasingly suitable
- adequadopleasingly suitable
- favorávelpleasingly suitable
- decentedecent, respectable
- respeitáveldecent, respectable
Spanish devenir
- devenirThe act or process by which something becomes
Swedish blivande, klädsam
- blivandeThe act or process by which something becomes
- klädsampleasingly suitable
- klädsamdecent, respectable
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with becoming
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becoming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becoming
“becoming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becoming. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “becoming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/becoming.
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