Suitable vs First-rate - What's the difference?
suitable | first-rate | Related terms |
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
(military, nautical, historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks
(military, nautical, historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
(by extension) Exceptionally good.
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Suitable is a related term of first-rate.
As adjectives the difference between suitable and first-rate
is that suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion while first-rate is (military|nautical|historical) describing a ship of the line in the british navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.As a noun first-rate is
(military|nautical|historical) a ship of the line in the british navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks.suitable
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)Antonyms
* unsuitableDerived terms
* suitabilitySee also
* fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruousExternal links
* * 1000 English basic wordsfirst-rate
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(wikipedia first-rate)Noun
Adjective
- Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.