Synonyms: lawsuit, case, causa, cause, suit
Definition: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
Usage: the family brought suit against the landlord
Similar words: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings
Definition: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Synonyms: suit, suit of clothes
Definition: a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
Usage: they buried him in his best suit
Synonyms: suit
Definition: playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
Usage: a flush is five cards in the same suit; in bridge you must follow suit; what suit is trumps?
Similar words: playing card
Definition: one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
Synonyms: suit
Definition: a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
Similar words: appeal, entreaty, prayer
Definition: earnest or urgent request
Usage: an entreaty to stop the fighting; an appeal for help; an appeal to the public to keep calm
Synonyms: suit, wooing, courting, courtship
Definition: a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
Usage: its was a brief and intense courtship
Similar words: appeal, entreaty, prayer
Definition: earnest or urgent request
Usage: an entreaty to stop the fighting; an appeal for help; an appeal to the public to keep calm
Synonyms: suit
Definition: (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
Usage: all the suits care about is the bottom line
Similar words: businessman, man of affairs
Definition: a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
Definition: accord or comport with
Usage: This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
Similar words: correspond, tally, jibe, match, fit, gibe, agree, check
Definition: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Usage: The two stories don't agree in many details; The handwriting checks with the signature on the check; The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
Synonyms: accommodate, suit, fit
Definition: be agreeable or acceptable to
Usage: This suits my needs
Similar words: meet, conform to, fit
Definition: satisfy a condition or restriction
Usage: Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
Definition: enhance the appearance of
Usage: Mourning becomes Electra; This behavior doesn't suit you!
Synonyms: suit
Definition: be agreeable or acceptable
Usage: This time suits me
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer