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1. suit - noun

· a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"

Synonym(s): suit_of_clothes

Hypernym(s): garment




2. suit - noun

· a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"

Synonym(s): lawsuit, case, cause, causa

Hypernym(s): proceeding, legal_proceeding, proceedings




3. suit - noun

· (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"

Hypernym(s): businessman, man_of_affairs




4. suit - noun

· a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"

Synonym(s): courtship, wooing, courting

Hypernym(s): entreaty, prayer, appeal




5. suit - noun

· a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

Hypernym(s): entreaty, prayer, appeal




6. suit - noun

· playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"

Hypernym(s): playing_card




7. suit - verb

· be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"

Synonym(s): accommodate, fit

Hypernym(s): fit, conform_to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil




8. suit - verb

· be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"

Hypernym(s): be




9. suit - verb

· accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"

Synonym(s): befit, beseem

Hypernym(s): match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree




10. suit - verb

· enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

Synonym(s): become

Hypernym(s): fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify





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