Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suit

6 senses of suit

Sense 1
suit, suit of clothes -- (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")
       => garment -- (an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk")

Sense 2
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa -- (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")
       => proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings -- ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Sense 3
suit -- ((slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line")
       => businessman, man of affairs -- (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))

Sense 4
courtship, wooing, courting, suit -- (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")
       => entreaty, prayer, appeal -- (earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm")

Sense 5
suit -- (a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank)
       => entreaty, prayer, appeal -- (earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm")

Sense 6
suit -- (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?")
       => playing card -- (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb suit

4 senses of suit

Sense 1
suit, accommodate, fit -- (be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs")
       => meet, fit, conform to -- (satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?")

Sense 2
suit -- (be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 3
befit, suit, beseem -- (accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!")
       => match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree -- (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun")

Sense 4
become, suit -- (enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!")
       => fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify -- (make more beautiful)