All suit synonyms
suit
S s noun suit
- greatcoat β a heavy overcoat.
- class β A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.
- draperies β coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- entreatment β (obsolete) entreaty; invitation.
- khaki β dull yellowish brown.
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- entreaty β An earnest or humble request.
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- costume β An actor's or performer's costume is the set of clothes they wear while they are performing.
- imploration β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- bedclothes β Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- finery β fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
- habeas corpus β a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- clothes β Clothes are the things that people wear, such as shirts, coats, trousers, and dresses.
- court β A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
- impetration β (obsolete) The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
- fancy dress β a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- flogger β to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
- drapery β coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- get-up β costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
- khakis β Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers/pants.
- ensemble β A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.
- attirement β dress; attire.
- mink β a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.
- assumpsit β (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- formals β Plural form of formal.
- muumuu β a long, loose-hanging dress, usually brightly colored or patterned, worn especially by Hawaiian women.
verb suit
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- outfit β an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- kiss and make up β be reconciled
- knock together β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- get through β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- fit out β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- humored β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- co-ordinate β If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- quadrate β square or rectangular.
- befit β If something befits a person or thing, it is suitable or appropriate for them.
- qualify β to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- comes around β to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- gear β Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- fating β something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- beseem β to be suitable for; befit
- grin and bear it β to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
- blend β If you blend substances together or if they blend, you mix them together so that they become one substance.