| English noun: appropriateness | 
| 1. | appropriateness (attribute) appropriate conduct; doing the right thing | 
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 | Synonyms | rightness | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | correctitude, properness, propriety | 
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 | Antonyms | inappropriateness, wrongness | 
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| 2. | appropriateness (attribute) the quality of being specially suitable | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | suitability, suitableness | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | appositeness, aptness, felicitousness, felicity, just the ticket, ticket | 
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 | Attribute | appropriate, apropos, inappropriate, malapropos | 
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 | Antonyms | inappropriateness, unworthiness | 
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