Synonyms for apt
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : apt |
| Phonetic Transcription : æpt |
Top 10 synonyms for apt Other synonyms for the word apt
- applicable
- apposite
- astute
- befitting
- bright
- clever
- disposed
- expert
- fit
- germane
- gifted
- given
- ingenious
- just
- liable
- no dummy
- nobody's fool
- not born yesterday
- of a mind
- pertinent
- prompt
- prone
- proper
- quick on the trigger
- quick on the uptake
- ready
- relevant
- savvy
- seemly
- sharp
- skilled
- skillful
- smart
- suitable
- talented
- teachable
- timely
Définition of apt
Origin :- mid-14c., "inclined, disposed;" late 14c., "suited, fitted, adapted," from Old French ate (13c., Modern French apte), or directly from Latin aptus "fit, suited," adjectival use of past participle of *apere "to attach, join, tie to," from PIE root *ap- "to grasp, take, reach" (cf. Sanskrit apnoti "he reaches," Latin apisci "to reach after, attain," Hittite epmi "I seize"). Elliptical sense of "becoming, appropriate" is from 1560s.
- adj suitable
- adj tending, inclined
- adj quick to learn
- She was distrustful of the future, and apt to anticipate bad fortune.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- She was apt not only to know what she talked about, but she was a woman of resource, unafraid of action.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Sympathetic persons are apt to assume that every refined emotion must be ennobling.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- He confessed to me that he was apt to go astray when intent on rhyme.
- Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The St. is an apt illustration of the probable workings of Plautus' mind.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- Men in his condition were apt to be as quick with a blow as with a caress.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I'm afraid Diablo'll shut up when he's pinched; his kind are apt to do that.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- After her departure, I remarked that the symbol was none of the most apt.
- Extract from : « Chippings With A Chisel (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- It is said that people are apt to suffer more by their friends than their enemies.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It is too apt to govern itself by what a bold spirit is encouraged to expect of it.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
Antonyms for apt
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