apposite
About 0.31 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
- adjective Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
- adjective Related, homologous.
- noun That which is apposite; something suitable.
Similar words
appropriate apt apropos pertinent proper fit suitable felicitous applicable relevant
Often followed by
to and in here for than as example that
Word family
appositely appositeness appositenesses
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