apt

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.

Adjective

• Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances.

Examples

• a pupil apt to learn
• an apt metaphor
• an apt scholar
• apt punishment
• APT was an apt play, opening up a triple-word score for me.

Synonyms

apposite, clever, disposed, given, liable, minded, pertinent, tending, able, accomplished, adept, adroit, applicable, appropriate, apt, artful, bain, capable, comely, commensurate, competent, consummate, conversant, correct, crack, crafty, decorous, deft, dexterous, expedient, expert, facile, fain, felicitous, fit, fit for purpose, fitting, fluent, forward, gain, gainand, germane, handy, idoneous, in line, in point, inclined, likely, maestrolike, masterful, masterlike, masterly, masterous, material, meet, on point, on-topic, opportune, practiced, predisposed, professional, proficient, prompt, prone, propense, proper, qualified, quick, ready, relevant, right, salient, seemly, sensible, skilled, skillful, sortable, suitable, tending towards, thoroughbred, tidy, tight, to the point, up to standard, versed, wont

Related Words

adept, aptitude, attitude, inept

Anagrams of apt