appropriate - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Something appropriate is correct and fits the situation. A sweater-vest with reindeer on it is appropriate holiday apparel, even if it's totally embarrassing.

The adjective appropriate is used when something is suitable or fitting. It comes from the Latin appropriare, which means "to make something fit, to make something one's own." Going back even further in its history, appropriate is related to the Latin word proprius, which means "to belong to a person, thing, or group." Make sure you don't confuse this word with apropos — it may sound and look similar but it entered English by way of the French words a propos, meaning "to propose."

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: appropriate

1	adj	suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
2	v	take possession of by force, as after an invasion

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: appropriate

1

adj suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

“a book not appropriate for children”

“a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity”

“it seems that an apology is appropriate”

Synonyms: befitting
appropriate to; grade-appropriate
the quality of ability and work that is appropriate for students in a specified grade; pat
exactly suited to the occasion; proper, right
appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; apropos
of an appropriate or pertinent nature; proper
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

Antonyms:: inappropriate
not suitable for a particular occasion etc; unbefitting
not befitting; improper, wrong
not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; malapropos
of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature; improper
not suitable or right or appropriate; show more antonyms...

2

v take possession of by force, as after an invasion

Synonyms:: capture, conquer, seize

Types:: carry
capture after a fight

Type of:: arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

v give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

Synonyms:: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside

Type of:: allot, assign, portion
give out