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1. A set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and colour
   "they buried him in his best suit"
   - suit of clothes
    
2. 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"
   - lawsuit, case, cause, causa
    
3. (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit
   "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
    
4. A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
   - courtship, wooing, courting
    
5. A petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
    
6. Playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and colour
   "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"

1. Be agreeable or acceptable to
   "This suits my needs"
   - accommodate, fit
    
2. Be agreeable or acceptable
   "This time suits me"
    
3. Accord or comport with
   "This kind of behaviour does not suit a young woman!"
   - befit, beseem [archaic]
    
4. Enhance the appearance of
   "This behaviour doesn't suit you!"
   - become

Derived forms: suited, suiting, suits

See also: sue

Type of: agree, appeal, be, beautify, businessman, check, conform to, correspond, embellish, entreaty, fancify, fit, garment, gibe, jibe, legal proceeding, man of affairs, match, meet, playing card, prayer, prettify, proceeding, proceedings, tally

Part of: deck, deck of cards, pack of cards

Encyclopedia: Suit