apt

apt is a 3-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
2. adjective. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
3. adjective. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
4. adjective. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
5. transitive verb. To fit; to suit; to adapt.
6. adjective. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

   "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"

   "an apt reply"

   Synonyms: apposite, pertinent

7. adjective. (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

   "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"

   "I am not minded to answer any questions"

   Synonyms: disposed, given, minded, tending

8. adjective. mentally quick and resourceful-Bram Stoker

   "an apt pupil"

   "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"

   Synonyms: clever

9. adjective. at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

   "he is apt to lose"

   "she is liable to forget"

   Synonyms: liable

Synonyms

apposite, pertinent, disposed, given, minded, tending, clever, liable

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in apt:

atp, pat, pta, tap

Common word forms

apts, aptal, apter, aptly, aptest, aptness

Words from these letters

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