apposite

1. 1.

   being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

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

   “an apt reply”

   Synonymsaptpertinent

   Similarapropos

Questions about apposite

What does apposite mean?

apposite means "being of striking appropriateness and pertinence".

How many syllables are in apposite?

apposite has 3 syllables: ap-po-site. The stress falls on "ap".

What is another word for apposite?

Close synonyms include apt, pertinent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apposite a common word?

apposite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.