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The Meaning of apt

  • (a.) Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
  • (a.) Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
  • (a.) Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
  • (a.) Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
  • (v. t.) To fit; to suit; to adapt.

Synonyms

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

Rhymes

adapt , capped , clapped , entrapped , flapped , handicapped , kept , kidnaped , kidnapped , lapped , mapped , napped , rapt , recapped , sapped , scrapped , slapped , snapped , strapped , tapped , trapped , untapped , unwrapped