ADEQUATE Synonyms

• giving satisfaction

• meeting requirements

• of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant

• an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

• as much as necessary

• sufficient for the purpose

• having the same quantity, value, or measure as another

• having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

• a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

• be identical or equivalent to

• be equal to in quality or ability

• make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

• able to be passed or traversed or crossed

• about average; acceptable

• capable of being borne or endured

• about average; acceptable

• conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature

• in keeping

• prepared to agree or consent

• more than enough in size or scope or capacity

• affording an abundant supply

• fairly large in size

• suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

• meant or adapted for an occasion or use

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• corresponding in size or degree or extent

• properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient

• legally qualified or sufficient

• adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional

• conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

• in the right manner; correctly; suitably

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public

• observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

• meeting requirements

• free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

• (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines

• a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

• gathering of producers to promote business

• a competitive exhibition of farm products

• a sale of miscellany; often for charity

• in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating

• without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner

• not excessive or extreme

• very pleasing to the eye

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

• attractively feminine

• (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing

• free of clouds or rain

• (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored

• join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly

• encouraging or approving or pleasing

• (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate

• giving an advantage

• presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system

• (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

• putting clothes on to see whether they fit

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• being precisely fitting and right

• showing reason or sound judgment

• not excessive or extreme

• marked by sound judgment; having good reason

• meant or adapted for an occasion or use

• worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

• adequately good for the circumstances

• someone who communicates by means of letters

• a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

• similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar