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Becoming

of Become

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Similar meaning 4

Flattering 84% connected

of Flatter

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Flattering 84% connected

of Flatter

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Proper 84% connected

Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Proper 84% connected

Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Derivationally related 2

Becomingness 74% connected

The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Becomingness 74% connected

The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 3

Comely 92% connected

Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Decorous 92% connected

Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decoro…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Seemly 92% connected

Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.