adequate
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
she had adequate training
Related & opposite
- satisfactory also see
- inadequate antonym
- adequacy attribute
- adequacy derivation
- adequate top similar to
- competent similar to
Sense 2 adjective
sufficient for the purpose
an adequate income
Related & opposite
- adequacy derivation
- enough derivation
- sufficient similar to
Sense 3 adjective
about average; acceptable
more than adequate as a secretary
Related & opposite
- adequacy derivation
- satisfactory similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | satisfactory |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | inadequate |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | adequate top |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | competent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enough |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sufficient |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | satisfactory |