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Definitions for Adequate

[1] as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to or for ): This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty people.
[2] barely sufficient or suitable: Being adequate is not good enough.
[3] Law . reasonably sufficient for starting legal action: adequate grounds.
[4] able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc

Words related to Adequate

satisfactory, fair, capable, decent, sufficient, tolerable, competent, suitable, acceptable, equal, comfortable, commensurate, passable, requisite, unexceptional, unobjectionable

Words nearby Adequate

adeodatus i, adeodatus ii, adephagia, adept, adequacy, adequate, adequate stimulus, adermia, adermogenesis, adessive, adf

Origin of Adequate

1610–20; < Latin adaequātus matched (past participle of adaequāre ). See ad-, equal, -ate1

Other words from Adequate

ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
ad·e·quate·ness , noun
pre·ad·e·quate , adjective
pre·ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
pre·ad·e·quate·ness , noun
qua·si-ad·e·quate , adjective
qua·si-ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
su·per·ad·e·quate , adjective
su·per·ad·e·quate·ly , adverb
su·per·ad·e·quate·ness , noun

Word origin for Adequate

C17: from Latin adaequāre to equalize, from ad- to + aequus equal

Synonyms for Adequate

acceptable, capable, competent, decent, fair, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable, tolerable, equal, all right, comfortable, commensurate, passable, requisite, sufficing, unexceptional, unobjectionable