suitability

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UK/ˌsjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/UK/ˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪti/Canada, US/ˌsutəˈbɪləti/Canada, US[ˌsutəˈbɪləɾi]

noun

The quality of being suitable.

Similar
suitableness
Opposite
unsuitability
OriginEnglish suit ← Middle English sute ← Anglo-Norman suite →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

nounsuitability (countable and uncountable, plural suitabilities)

plural suitabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being suitable.

    As he knows little about the particular issues, his criterion must be consistency with his other views, suitability to combine them into a coherent picture of the world.

    1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 423

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
suitableness
Opposite
unsuitability
Broader
quality
Also see
aptitudefitnesssuitableness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
  3. Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
  4. Vulgar Latinsequor, sequi
  5. Vulgar Latin*sequere
  6. Vulgar Latin*sequita
  7. Old Frenchsiute
  8. Anglo-Normansuite
  9. Middle Englishsute
  10. Englishsuit
  11. Englishsuitability

From suit + -ability.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian годност
  • годност (godnost)quality of being suitable
Czech vhodnost
  • vhodnostquality of being suitable
Dutch geschiktheid
  • geschiktheidquality of being suitable
German Eignung, Brauchbarkeit
  • Eignungquality of being suitable
  • Brauchbarkeitquality of being suitable
Greek καταλληλότητα
  • καταλληλότητα (katallilótita)quality of being suitable
Hindi उपयुक्तता
  • उपयुक्तता (upyuktatā)quality of being suitable
Irish oiriúint, oiriúnacht
  • oiriúintquality of being suitable
  • oiriúnachtquality of being suitable
Malay kesesuaian
  • kesesuaianquality of being suitable
Portuguese adequabilidade
  • adequabilidadequality of being suitable
Romanian potrivire, adecvabilitate
  • potrivirequality of being suitable
  • adecvabilitatequality of being suitable
  • aptitudinequality of being suitable
Spanish idoneidad, lo adecuado
  • idoneidadquality of being suitable
  • lo adecuadoquality of being suitable
Cite this entry
APA

suitability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suitability

MLA

“suitability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suitability. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suitability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suitability.

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