apt
Meanings
Plural: apts
Adjective Satellite
- (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"
- at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
- "he is apt to lose"
- mentally quick and resourceful; ; -Bram Stoker
- "an apt pupil"
- being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
- "an apt reply"
Adj
- Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
- Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
- Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
Noun
- Abbreviation of apartment.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (háptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”).
Synonyms
able, accomplished, adept, adroit, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, artful, bain, capable, clever, comely, commensurate, competent, consummate, conversant, correct, crack, crafty, decorous, deft, dexterous, disposed, expedient, expert, facile, fain, felicitous, fit, fit for purpose, fitting, fluent, forward, gain, gainand, germane, given, handy, idoneous, in line, in point, inclined, liable, likely, maestrolike, masterful, masterlike, masterly, masterous, material, meet, minded, on point, on-topic, opportune, pertinent, practiced, predisposed, professional, proficient, prompt, prone, propense, proper, qualified, quick, ready, relevant, right, salient, seemly, sensible, skilled, skillful, sortable, suitable, tending, tending towards, thoroughbred, tidy, tight, to the point, up to standard, versed, wont
Scrabble Score: 5
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