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Adequate

Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.

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Similar meaning 8

Capable 84% connected

Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number;…

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Capable 84% connected

Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Competent 84% connected

Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

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Competent 84% connected

Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

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Satisfactory 84% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Satisfactory 84% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sufficient 84% connected

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the cou…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sufficient 84% connected

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the cou…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Adequateness 74% connected

The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adequateness 74% connected

The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Attribute 4

Adequacy 66% connected

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Adequacy 66% connected

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Adequateness 66% connected

The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Adequateness 66% connected

The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

See also 2

Satisfactory 66% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Satisfactory 66% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Enough 92% connected

Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Equal 92% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Passable 92% connected

Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tolerable 92% connected

Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Inadequate 94% connected

Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inadequate 94% connected

Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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