COMME IL FAUT Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

comme il faut

adjective

Definition of comme il faut

as in appropriate

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Recent Examples of comme il faut Champagne obviously flowed comme il faut; everyone was in good spirits. — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024 There is nothing scary, amiss, or unrelatable about me, who am comme il faut. — Laura Kolbe, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023 Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut. — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 July 2018

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Adjective

Coupled with improving economic growth and rising financial stability risks, the Bank of Korea may need to raise policy rates at an appropriate juncture.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Carrington in particular models what some have termed an ecofeminist approach, one that does not appropriate animals for the artist’s own self-revelation but instead develops kinship across species.

— Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of appropriate

Adjective

FNPPs require suitable sites, grid connections, customers, regulatory and environmental pathways, operating arrangements and long-term service support.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Many of the experiences are suitable for older children, from riding to learning how to look after sheep for the day, accompanied by a local shepherd.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of suitable

Adjective

Processor defenses leave a tiny opening Modern processors improve performance by predicting which path a program is likely to follow and beginning the work before the correct path is confirmed.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Officials said the school also improved its graduation rate from 75% to 95% and its faculty saw in the number holding the proper credentials — from 43 to more than 90 who have the correct subject matter licenses.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of correct

Adjective

At a special fair contest, Iowa pie bakers gave the Pie Lady Louise Piper a fitting farewell.

— Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 28 Aug. 2026
Survival is a fitting theme for a restaurant that has shape-shifted numerous times over the past eight years in search of solid ground, and for a chef whose own story of perseverance is ever present in his cooking.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of fitting

Adjective

In an Early Childhood classroom, this might include children hanging up their belongings, cleaning a spill, returning work to its proper location, and helping care for plants, animals, or the classroom.

— Jose Bolaños, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Most routine claims in Louisville, though, center on proper documentation and clear medical evidence rather than extraordinary employer actions.

— Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of proper

Adjective

Shankara advises that worshipping gods with names and stories through devotional rituals and sacred images (murtis) is an acceptable step for some people on the path toward a more philosophical understanding of an all-pervasive ultimate reality.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Lombard has seven errors in his first 20 games and, after his latest miscue, the 21-year-old said his defense was not acceptable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of acceptable

Adjective

When In Rome is followed by Practice Makes Perfect and then Beg, Borrow, or Steal, each of which follows two different couples who also have their meet cutes in Rome, Kentucky.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2026
The ‘meet cute’ is becoming a trope in how people on social media talk about romance.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of meet

Adjective

There was a time when getting a decent electric dirt bike meant spending serious money.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
In the Arabic-speaking pic, Barhom stars as Hichem, a customs officer on the Algerian-Tunisian border, who tries to provide a decent life for his wife Leila and little daughter Zineb.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of decent

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