Suitable is an adjective used to describe something that is appropriate or fitting for a particular purpose or situation. The opposite of suitable can be unsuitable, which refers to something that is not appropriate or fitting for a particular purpose or situation. In addition, inappropriate can also be considered an antonym for suitable which refers to something that is not suitable or fitting for a particular purpose or situation. Words such as improper, unfit, improper, unsatisfactory, and inappropriate can also be used as antonyms for suitable. These antonyms are commonly used to emphasize the unsuitability of something for a specific purpose or situation.

What are the antonyms for Suitable?

adj.
• amiss
- flawed
- glitched up
- in accurate
- mis taken
- out order
- un lawful
- un-lawful
• antagonistic, contradictory
- incompatible
• appropriate, acceptable
- Misbehaving
- Unhandy
- awkward
- improper
- inadequate
- inappropriate
- inconvenient
- incorrect
- insufficient
- irrelevant
- stupid
- unacceptable
- unfitting
- unskilled
- unsuitable
- useless
• clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- inept
• dishonest, immoral
- unethical
• excessive, unnecessary
- undue
• ill-timed
- badly timed
- ill timed
- ill-timed
- illtimed
- in convenient
- in-convenient
- mis timed
- mis-timed
- mistimed
- more mistimed
- most mistimed
- un befitting
- un favorable
- un seasonable
- un welcome
- un-befitting
- un-favorable
- un-seasonable
- un-seemly
- un-welcome
- unwelcome
• improper
- Unequitable
- at odds
- ill advised
- illadvised
- in admissible
- in advisable
- in apposite
- in decorous
- in delicate
- in expedient
- in harmonious
- in-accurate
- in-advisable
- in-apposite
- in-correct
- in-decorous
- in-delicate
- in-expedient
- in-felicitous
- in-harmonious
- inapposite
- more inapposite
- more off base
- more off-base
- more offbase
- more out of place
- more out of season
- more out-of-place
- more out-of-season
- more unequitable
- more unfitting
- more unrighteous
- more unrightful
- most inapposite
- most off base
- most off-base
- most offbase
- most out of place
- most out of season
- most out-of-place
- most out-of-season
- most unequitable
- most unfitting
- most unrighteous
- off-base
- offbase
- out of season
- out-of-place
- out-of-season
- un apter
- un aptest
- un conventional
- un duer
- un equitable
- un fitting
- un godlier
- un godliest
- un godly
- un just
- un juster
- un justest
- un rightful
- un warranted
- un-apter
- un-comely
- un-conventional
- un-equitable
- un-fitting
- un-godlier
- un-godliest
- un-godly
- un-just
- un-juster
- un-justest
- un-righteous
- un-rightful
- un-warranted
- uncalledfor
- unrighteous
- unrightful
- unwarranted
• improper, unsuitable
- unbecoming
• improper; in bad taste
- unseemly
• inadmissible
- ill favored
- illfavored
- in competent
- in-admissible
- in-competent
- more unallowable
- most unallowable
- un allowable
- un desirable
- un reasonable
- un wanted
- un-allowable
- un-desirable
- un-reasonable
- un-wanted
- unallowable
• inapplicable
- Irrelative
- in applicable
- in appurtenant
- in apropos
- in consistent
- in-applicable
- in-appurtenant
- in-apropos
- in-consistent
- inappurtenant
- inapropos
- more garbage
- more inappurtenant
- more inapropos
- more irrelative
- most garbage
- most inappurtenant
- most inapropos
- most irrelative
- re-mote
• inapt
- ill adapted
- ill-adapted
- illadapted
- in adept
- in apter
- in aptest
- in experienced
- in expert
- in sipid
- in-adept
- in-apter
- in-aptest
- in-experienced
- in-expert
- in-sipid
- inadept
- more ill adapted
- more ill-adapted
- more illadapted
- more inadept
- more undexterous
- more unfacile
- more unproficient
- most ill adapted
- most ill-adapted
- most illadapted
- most inadept
- most undexterous
- most unfacile
- most unproficient
- un abler
- un ablest
- un dexterous
- un facile
- un handier
- un handiest
- un handy
- un proficient
- un skilled
- un-abler
- un-ablest
- un-dexterous
- un-facile
- un-handier
- un-handiest
- un-handy
- un-proficient
- un-skilled
- undexterous
- unfacile
- unhandier
- unhandiest
- unproficient
• incapable
- dis qualified
- dis-qualified
- in adequate
- in capable
- in effective
- in-adequate
- in-capable
- in-effective
- in-proficient
- in-sufficient
- inproficient
- more butterfingers
- more disqualified
- more uncool
- more unequipped
- most butterfingers
- most inproficient
- most uncool
- most unequipped
- not equal to
- not up to
- un cool
- un equipped
- un skillful
- un-cool
- un-equipped
- un-skillful
- uncool
- unequipped
• incompatible
- Inconformable
- anti pathetic
- anti thetical
- anti-pathetic
- anti-thetical
- dis agreeing
- dis-agreeing
- in compatible
- in-coherent
- in-compatible
- in-constant
- marching a different drummer
- marching different drummer
- marching to different drummer
- mis matched
- mismatched
- more clashing
- more inconformable
- more mismatched
- more unadapted
- most clashing
- most inconformable
- most mismatched
- most unadapted
- night day
- poles apart
- un adapted
- un congenial
- un-congenial
- unadapted
- whale difference
- whale of difference
• incompetent; not suitable
- inapt
• incongruous
- Out of keeping
- dis consonant
- dis-consonant
- disconsonant
- illogical
- in congruent
- in congruous
- in-congruent
- in-congruous
- mis-matched
- more disconsonant
- more shifting
- most disconsonant
- most shifting
- out keeping
- shifting
- un availing
- un connected
- un even
- un predictable
- un related
- un-availing
- un-balanced
- un-connected
- un-even
- un-intelligible
- un-predictable
- un-related
• incorrect
- counter factual
- counter-factual
- imprecise
- in correct
- most imprecise
- un reliable
- un sound
- un sounder
- un truer
- un truest
- un-reliable
- un-sound
- un-sounder
- un-soundest
- un-truer
- un-truest
- wide mark
- wide of mark
- wide the mark
- wrong
- wrong number
• indecent
- ill bred
- ill-bred
- illbred
- in bad taste
- in decent
- in-decent
- more ill bred
- more ill-bred
- more illbred
- more undecorous
- most ill bred
- most ill-bred
- most illbred
- most undecorous
- off color
- offcolor
- un decorous
- un-decorous
- undecorous
- x rated
- xrated
• ineligible
- in eligible
- in-eligible
- most disqualified
- objectionable
- un available
- un-available
• inept
- all thumbs
- in efficient
- in-efficient
- meaningless
- more loser
- most loser
- not adapted
- un graceful
- un-graceful
• inopportune
- dis advantageous
- dis-advantageous
- illchosen
- in auspicious
- in opportune
- in-auspicious
- in-opportune
- inauspicious
- un propitious
• insufficient, inadequate
- unsatisfactory
• irregular
- dis orderly
- dis-orderly
- extra ordinary
- extra-ordinary
- in-ordinate
- offkey
- un official
- un usual
- un-natural
- un-official
- un-usual
• not able to be supported in the future
- unsustainable
• not appropriate
- inadmissible
• not appropriate or suitable
- inopportune
• not appropriate or suited
- unfit
• not of value
- unworthy
• not prepared, incompetent
- unqualified
• not qualified
- ineligible
• not relevant
- inapplicable
• noun
- Misbecoming
- Unbeseeming
- Unmeet
- beginning
- disqualified
- green
- incapable
- incompetent
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- inferior
- intolerable
- new
- raw
- uncongenial
- unequal
- unfitted
- unprepared
- unschooled
- unseasoned
- unskillful
- untested
- untrained
- untried
- worthless
• out of place; absurd
- incongruous
• prejudiced, wrongful
- unfair
• troublesome
- untoward
• unacceptable
- dis agreeable
- dis pleasing
- dis tasteful
- dis-agreeable
- dis-pleasing
- dis-tasteful
- in supportable
- in-supportable
- more reject
- most reject
- not snuff
- not to snuff
- not up snuff
- not up to snuff
- un acceptable
- un appealing
- un inviting
- un pleasant
- un-acceptable
- un-appealing
- un-inviting
- un-pleasant
- won't do
- wont do
• unbecoming
- Unhandsome
- dis creditable
- dis-creditable
- un attractive
- un becoming
- un flattering
- un handsome
- un handsomer
- un handsomest
- un lovelier
- un loveliest
- un lovely
- un sightlier
- un sightliest
- un sightly
- un-attractive
- un-becoming
- un-flattering
- un-handsome
- un-handsomer
- un-handsomest
- un-lovelier
- un-lovely
- un-sightlier
- un-sightliest
- un-sightly
- unhandsomer
- unhandsomest
• undue
- in temperate
- in-temperate
- more exceeding
- more undeserved
- more unwarrantable
- most exceeding
- most undeserved
- most unmeasurable
- most unwarrantable
- over much
- too great
- un conscionable
- un deserved
- un due
- un duest
- un justifiable
- un justified
- un measurable
- un warrantable
- un-conscionable
- un-deserved
- un-due
- un-duer
- un-duest
- un-justifiable
- un-justified
- un-measurable
- un-warrantable
- under handed
- under-handed
- undeserved
- unmeasurable
- unwarrantable
• unethical
- dirty dealing
- dirty-dealing
- dirtydealing
- dis honorable
- dis reputable
- dis-honorable
- dis-reputable
- fly by night
- more cheating
- more dirty-dealing
- more double crossing
- more double-crossing
- more flimflam
- more two timing
- more two-timing
- more twotiming
- most dirty dealing
- most dirty-dealing
- most dirtydealing
- most double crossing
- most double-crossing
- most doublecrossing
- most flimflam
- most two timing
- most two-timing
- most twotiming
- scamer
- two faced
- twofaced
- un ethical
- un principled
- un scrupulous
- un-ethical
- un-principled
- un-professional
- un-scrupulous
- under hand
- under-hand
• unfair
- dis criminatory
- dis honest
- dis-criminatory
- dis-honest
- in equitable
- in excusable
- in-equitable
- in-excusable
- more unsporting
- most unsporting
- one sided
- onesided
- un fair
- un fairer
- un fairest
- un sporting
- un-fair
- un-fairer
- un-fairest
- un-sporting
- unsporting
• unfit
- Butter-fingered
- butter fingered
- butterfingered
- can't make grade
- can't make the grade
- cant make grade
- cant make the grade
- heavy handed
- heavyhanded
- ill equipped
- ill-equipped
- illequipped
- in capacitated
- in-capacitated
- laid low
- more amateur
- more blundering
- more butter fingered
- more butter-fingered
- more butterfingered
- more ill equipped
- more ill-equipped
- more illequipped
- more unfitted
- more unpromising
- most amateur
- most blundering
- most butter fingered
- most butter-fingered
- most butterfingered
- most ill equipped
- most ill-equipped
- most illequipped
- most unpromising
- no good
- not cut out for
- not fit
- out element
- out of element
- out of shape
- out shape
- un fit
- un fitted
- un healthier
- un healthiest
- un healthy
- un likelier
- un likeliest
- un likely
- un practiced
- un prepared
- un promising
- un trained
- un-fit
- un-fitted
- un-healthiest
- un-healthy
- un-likelier
- un-likely
- un-prepared
- un-promising
- un-trained
- unpromising
• unfortunate
- ill fated
- ill starred
- illfated
- illstarred
- in a bad way
- in bad way
- more shattered
- more unprosperous
- most jinxed
- most unprosperous
- out luck
- out of luck
- star crossed
- starcrossed
- un fortunate
- un happier
- un happiest
- un happy
- un prosperous
- un successful
- un-fortunate
- un-happy
- un-successful
- unprosperous
• unlucky, bad
- unfortunate
• unqualified
- busher
- bushest
- bushleague
- un qualified
- un-qualified
• unsatisfactory
- dis appointing
- dis concerting
- dis quieting
- dis-appointing
- dis-concerting
- dis-quieting
- for birds
- for the birds
- junkier
- junkiest
- more vexing
- most disconcerting
- most vexing
- not good enough
- not par
- not to par
- not up par
- not up to par
- un satisfactory
- un-satisfactory
- up setting
- up-setting
• unseemly
- in elegant
- in poor taste
- in-elegant
- more ruffian
- more undignified
- most undignified
- un dignified
- un refined
- un seemlier
- un seemliest
- un seemly
- un-refined
- un-seemlier
- un-seemliest
- undignified
• unsuitable
- dis sonant
- dis-sonant
- out character
- out of character
- un suitable
- un-matched
- un-suitable
• unsuited
- un suited
- un-suited
• untimely
- Oversoon
- a bit previous
- bright and early
- bright early
- more anachronistic
- more overearly
- more oversoon
- most overearly
- most oversoon
- out of date
- over early
- over soon
- over-early
- over-soon
- overearly
- pre mature
- pre maturer
- pre maturest
- pre-maturer
- too early
- un luckier
- un luckiest
- un lucky
- un timelier
- un timeliest
- un timely
- un-luckier
- un-lucky
- un-timelier
- un-timeliest
- un-timely
• untoward
- Unpliable
- improprietous
- in docile
- in tractable
- in-docile
- in-tractable
- mis fortunate
- mis-fortunate
- misfortunate
- more improprietous
- most improprietous
- most misfortunate
- un couth
- un disciplined
- un manageable
- un pliable
- un pliablest
- un yielding
- un-couth
- un-governable
- un-manageable
- un-pliable
- un-pliabler
- un-pliablest
- un-yielding
- unpliabler
- unpliablest
• unworthy
- be neath
- be-neath
- de grading
- de-grading
- dis graceful
- dis-graceful
- good for nothing
- more good for nothing
- more nothing
- more undeserving
- more unmerited
- most beneath
- most good for nothing
- most good-for-nothing
- most nothing
- most unmerited
- noaccount
- nogood
- not deserving
- not worth
- re prehensible
- re-prehensible
- un deserving
- un merited
- un worthier
- un worthiest
- un worthy
- un-merited
- un-worthier
- un-worthiest
- unmerited
• wrong
- amoral
- dis solute
- dis-solute
- fluffed
- in error
- in side
- in verse
- in-verse
- mis calculated
- mis construed
- mis figured
- mis handled
- mis placed
- mis-construed
- mis-figured
- mis-guided
- mis-handled
- more amoral
- more fluffed
- more miscalculated
- more misconstrued
- more misfigured
- more obverse
- more off target
- more off-target
- more offtarget
- more sophistical
- more ungrounded
- most amoral
- most fluffed
- most goofed
- most miscalculated
- most misconstrued
- most misfigured
- most obverse
- most off target
- most offtarget
- most unfitted
- most ungrounded
- not done
- not precise
- not working
- off balance
- off-balance
- off-target
- offbalance
- offtarget
- on the wrong track
- on wrong track
- out commission
- pro fane
- pro-fane
- re probate
- re-probate
- sophistical
- un grounded
- un holier
- un holiest
- un holy
- un substantial
- un-grounded
- un-holier
- un-holiest
- un-holy
- un-substantial
- ungrounded
• wrong; defective
- amiss
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Usage examples for Suitable

He had become aware that Mrs. Kaye regarded Mabel Digby as a suitable daughter-in-law elect, almost on the day that the thought had first presented itself to the clergyman's wife and on Mabel's behalf he had at once said to himself, "Why not?"

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

It was not suitable that Miranda should be there.

"The Furnace"

Rose Macaulay

You're a bride, and white'll be suitable, and the dance is in your honor.

"Lonesome Land"

B. M. Bower

Famous quotes with Suitable

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.

Scott Adams
Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

Thomas Aquinas
Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love.

Thomas Aquinas
The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of the most effective training grounds of the young mind.

Rudolf Arnheim
The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.

Sarah Bernhardt

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