Apposite

Quick meaning: Apposite is an adjective meaning Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.

Meaning

Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.

More Meanings

1. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
2. Related, homologous.
3. (rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.

Example Sentences

Or is that just the way art is now? The neo-Victorian craze is very apposite.

Rough-neck is a capital word; it is more apposite and savory than the English navvy, and it is over-whelmingly more American.

Flora, however, received the remark as if it had been of a most apposite and agreeable nature; approvingly observing aloud that Mr. F's Aunt had a great deal of spirit.

And so it is good to see the big society born again, resurrected in Cameron's Christmas message. The timing was apposite: as the prime minister pointed out, many of the most active volunteers are Christians.

Word Forms

• apposites

Synonyms for apposite

Depending on context, synonyms include apt, applicable, felicitous, germane, material, on-topic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include appropriate, apt, apropos, pertinent, fit, suitable.

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