103 Synonyms & Antonyms For APPROPRIATE

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Definitions appropriate [uh-proh-pree-it, uh-proh-pree-eyt] / əˈproʊ pri ɪt, əˈproʊ priˌeɪt / ADJECTIVE suitable Synonyms STRONGEST applicable apt convenient correct fitting good opportune pertinent proper relevant true useful STRONG adapted becoming befitting belonging deserved desired fit right WEAK appurtenant apropos congruous due felicitous germane just on the button on the nose rightful seemly tailor-made well-suited well-timed Antonyms STRONGEST evil improper inappropriate incorrect inopportune irrelevant misbehaving unfitting unreal unskilled unsuitable STRONG unbecoming unfit unsuited WEAK unseemly VERB set aside; allocate Synonyms STRONGEST allot apportion devote disburse earmark STRONG allow appoint assign budget reserve WEAK set apart Antonyms STRONGEST hold keep retain waste withhold STRONG refuse reject WEAK bequeath bestow give return VERB steal Synonyms STRONGEST borrow confiscate embezzle misappropriate secure STRONG annex clap cop filch grab hijack liberate lift pilfer pocket snatch swipe usurp WEAK get fingers on get hands on grab hold of moonlight requisition take over Antonyms STRONGEST give pay return STRONG receive WEAK bequeath bestow keep refuse reject

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Minutes of the Fed's recent policy meeting in December indicated that most of its officials see future rate cuts as appropriate, if inflation cools over time as expected.

From Barron's

Looking ahead, some officials suggested that “it would likely be appropriate to keep the target range unchanged for some time,” the minutes said.

From The Wall Street Journal

There has been an understandable and appropriate silence in that respect from people inside boxing.

From BBC

Its military said it has deployed "appropriate forces" and "carried out a rapid response exercise".

From Barron's

Gerstner’s shirt was blue, perhaps appropriate for a company nicknamed Big Blue.

From The Wall Street Journal

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admissible adopt advisable allocate allocating allots allotting allot allocates all right annex apropos apt arrogate assign assume assume assumes assumes characteristic collar comfortable commandeer commensurate commensurable compatible competent confiscate congruous convert converting correct dedicate deserved designates designate devote dip into dispossess distribute distributes elegant eligible embezzle encroach ergonomic expropriate feasible favorable go native good happy happiest heist intercepted intercept legitimate lift loot looted meet misappropriate more comfortable more correct more competent more elegant more feasible more favorable more open more proper more special more requisite more suited more required more required most correct most feasible most requisite most required most required most special most suited most useful open door open-door open opportune particular peculiar perfect pertinent pilfered pilfer pillage plagiarize plagiarize plunder plunders poach pocket preempt preempting procure proper prosperous providential purloin ransack receive receives recommendable relative required required/requisite respectable rightful right rip off ripping off rob seize seize special steal suited swipe take take takes takes timelier timely transfigure transmogrify transmute transubstantiate truest true truer useful usurp usurped utilizes utilize very

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