1. suit, suit of clothes

a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color

Example Sentences:
'they buried him in his best suit'

• suit of clothes

2. case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit

a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

Example Sentences:
'the family brought suit against the landlord'

• case
• causa
• cause
• lawsuit

3. suit

(slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit

Example Sentences:
'all the suits care about is the bottom line'

4. courting, courtship, suit, wooing

a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

Example Sentences:
'its was a brief and intense courtship'

• courting
• courtship
• wooing

5. suit

a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

6. suit

playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color

Example Sentences:
'a flush is five cards in the same suit'
'in bridge you must follow suit'
'what suit is trumps?'

7. accommodate, fit, suit

be agreeable or acceptable to

Example Sentences:
'This suits my needs'

• accommodate
• fit

8. suit

be agreeable or acceptable

Example Sentences:
'This time suits me'

9. befit, beseem, suit

accord or comport with

Example Sentences:
'This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!'

• befit
• beseem

10. become, suit

enhance the appearance of

Example Sentences:
'Mourning becomes Electra'
'This behavior doesn't suit you!'

• become