becoming

Pleasingly fit, appropriate

Becoming describes something flattering or attractive, especially clothing or appearance: That color is very becoming on you.

It also means appropriate or suitable to a person's position: conduct becoming an officer.

As a noun, becoming is the process of coming into being or developing into something—the state between what was and what will be.

transformation

metamorphosis

Profound biological restructuring

change · growth · development · unfolding · blossoming · ripening · maturation · flowering · awakening · progression

philosophical

being

Existing as something

ontology · essence · identity · phenomenon · immanence · potentiality · actuality · flux · dynamism · temporality

attractive

flattering

Excessively praising, often insincerely

appealing · charming · fetching · lovely · handsome · beautiful · comely · winsome · pleasing · tasteful

maturation

adolescence

Teenage developmental stage

maturity · growth · ripening · blossoming · fledging · weaning · socialization · education · experience · wisdom

Categories
Opposites
attractiveness/flattery

becomingunbecoming

Inappropriate or unsuitable

unflattering · unattractive · ugly · unsightly · ill-suited

propriety/suitability

becomingunbecoming

Inappropriate or unsuitable

unseemly · improper · inappropriate · unsuitable · unfitting

ontological process

becomingbeing

Existing as something

stasis · unbecoming · ending · dissolution · static

Phrases
Family

unbecoming, becomingly, unbecomingly, unbecomingness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G