Definitions

adequate

[ad-i-kwit] / ˈæd ɪ kwɪt /

ADJECTIVE

enough, able

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable capable competent decent fair satisfactory sufficient suitable tolerable

STRONG

equal

WEAK

all right comfortable commensurate passable requisite sufficing unexceptional unobjectionable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequate inappropriate incapable incompetent inept insufficient intolerable poor unable unacceptable unsatisfactory unsuitable

WEAK

inferior unequal unfit unqualified useless

Example Sentences

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“And it’s absolutely required in our industry to have an adequate level of profit to be able to continue to invest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

But for boomers with adequate resources who genuinely want to help the next generation, these tools offer opportunities previous generations never had.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

In November 2022, Tom Nicholson Jnr's father Thomas Nicholson – who led TN Trawlers – admitted failing to get adequate care for a Filipino crewman, Joel Quince.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

And spokesman Ramdan Denny Prakoso said Wednesday that it continued to use "all available policy instruments" to "maintain adequate foreign exchange liquidity".

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

A war correspondent triumphantly announced that the lodgment area from which the Allied Armies would soon launch their major offensive into the heart of occupied France was now adequate and secure.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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