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Sufficient

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

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Similar meaning 6

Adequate 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adequate 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Comfortable 84% connected

Strong; vigorous; valiant.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Comfortable 84% connected

Strong; vigorous; valiant.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Enough 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Enough 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adequacy 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Adequacy 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Serve 74% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Serve 74% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sufficiency 74% connected

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sufficiency 74% connected

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ample 66% connected

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.

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Ample 66% connected

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.

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Quantity 66% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Quantity 66% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Deficient 94% connected

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

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Deficient 94% connected

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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