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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proportional |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, commensurate, comparable, consistent, fitting, in proportion, proportionate, suitable |
| Main Entry: | proportionate/proportional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | balanced, corresponding |
| Synonyms: | commensurable, commensurate, comparable, comparative, compatible, consistent, contingent, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, dependent, equal, equitable, equivalent, even, in proportion, just, reciprocal, relative, symmetrical, uniform |
| Antonyms: | disproportionate, imbalanced, irrelevant |
| Main Entry: | sufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enough, adequate |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, agreeable, all right*, ample, aplenty, appreciate, comfortable, commensurable, commensurate, common, competent, copious, decent, due, galore, pleasing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, proportionate, satisfactory, sufficing, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unobjectionable |
| Notes: | adequate tends toward the qualitative and sufficient toward the quantitative, so adequate is 'suitable to something' and sufficient is 'enough for something' |
| Antonyms: | deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, poor, wanting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | symmetrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-proportioned |
| Synonyms: | balanced, commensurable, commensurate, equal, in proportion, proportional, regular, shapely, well-formed |
| Antonyms: | asymmetrical, different, disproportioned, irregular, uneven, unsymmetrical |
| Main Entry: | proportionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | balanced |
| Synonyms: | commensurable, commensurate, comparable, comparative, compatible, consistent, contingent, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, dependent, equal, equitable, equivalent, even, in proportion, just, proportional, reciprocal, relative, symmetrical, uniform |
| Main Entry: | symmetric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | symmetrical |
| Synonyms: | balanced, commensurable, commensurate, equal, in proportion, proportional, proportionate, regular, shapely, well-formed |
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