suit
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- garment hypernym
- business suit hyponym
- double-breasted suit hyponym
- pinstripe hyponym
- single-breasted suit hyponym
- slack suit hyponym
- zoot suit hyponym
Sense 2 verb
be agreeable or acceptable to
This suits my needs
Types & categories
- conform to hypernym
Related & opposite
- accommodation derivation
- fitter derivation
- accommodative derivation
Sense 3 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
Types & categories
- proceeding hypernym
- civil suit hyponym
- class action hyponym
- countersuit hyponym
- criminal suit hyponym
- moot hyponym
- paternity suit hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be agreeable or acceptable
This time suits me
Types & categories
Sense 5 noun
(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
all the suits care about is the bottom line
Types & categories
- businessman hypernym
Related & opposite
- derogation domain usage
- jargon domain usage
Sense 6 verb
accord or comport with
This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
Types & categories
- tally hypernym
Sense 7 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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
enhance the appearance of
Mourning becomes Electra
Types & categories
- fancify hypernym
Sense 9 noun
a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
Types & categories
- appeal hypernym
Sense 10 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
Types & categories
- playing card hypernym
- major suit hyponym
- minor suit hyponym
- trump hyponym
Parts & wholes
- pack of cards member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | garment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | business suit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | double-breasted suit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinstripe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | single-breasted suit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slack suit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zoot suit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | accommodation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fitter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | accommodative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conform to |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | action |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | proceeding |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | civil suit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | class action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | countersuit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | criminal suit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | moot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | paternity suit |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | agree |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | derogation |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | businessman |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tally |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | court |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | court |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | appeal |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bundling |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | fancify |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | appeal |
| 10 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | pack of cards |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | playing card |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | major suit |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | minor suit |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | trump |