applicable
suitable for application; relevant.
Example
“This rule is not applicable to the longer-standing members of the club.”
Synonyms
- appropriate
Antonyms
- non-applicable
Related words
- applicableness
- applicably
- if applicable
- inapplicable
- applicability
Word history
From Medieval Latin "applicabilis".
Where this comes from
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