Filter By

complementary

Main Entry:
complementary [kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: filling, completing
Synonyms: commutual, complemental, completing, completory, conclusive, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, crowning, equivalent, fellow, integral, integrative, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, interrelating, matched, mated, paired, parallel, reciprocal
Notes: something is complimentary when it has the property embodied in such an expression; complementary describes an addition that produces completeness or perfection in something
Antonyms: independent, unrelated
Main Entry: collateral
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: indirect, secondary
Synonyms: accessory, accompanying, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, confirmatory, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, not lineal, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under
Antonyms: chief, direct, main, primary, principal
Main Entry: concomitant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: contributing, accompanying
Synonyms: accessory, adjuvant, agreeing, ancillary, associated with, associative, attendant, attending, belonging, coefficient, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coincident, coincidental, collateral, complementary, concordant, concurrent, conjoined, conjoined with, connected, contemporaneous, contemporary, coordinate, corollary, coterminous, coupled with, fellow, in tempo, in time, incident, isochronal, isochronous, joint, satellite, synchronal, synchronous, synergetic, synergistic
Antonyms: accidental, chance, unrelated
Main Entry: corresponding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: equivalent, matching
Synonyms: agnate, akin, alike, analogous, answering, comparable, complementary, consonant, correlative, correspondent, coterminus, identical, interrelated, kin, kindred, like, parallel, reciprocal, similar, synonymous, undifferentiated
Antonyms: differing, disparaging, dissimilar, mismatched, unlike
Main Entry: parallel
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: akin, similar
Synonyms: agnate, alike, analogous, comparable, complementary, conforming, consonant, correspondent, corresponding, equal, identical, like, matching, resembling, uniform
Antonyms: different, dissimilar, divergent
Main Entry: reciprocal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exchanged, alternate
Synonyms: changeable, companion, complementary, convertible, coordinate, correlative, corresponding, dependent, double, duplicate, equivalent, exchangeable, fellow, give-and-take, interchangeable, interdependent, matching, mutual, reciprocative, reciprocatory, twin
Antonyms: independent, singular
Main Entry: related
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: connected, accompanying
Synonyms: affiliated, agnate, akin, alike, allied, analogous, associated, cognate, complementary, concomitant, connate, connatural, consanguine, convertible, correlated, correspondent, dependent, enmeshed, fraternal, germane, in the same category, in touch with, incident, interchangeable, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, intertwined, interwoven, joint, knit together, like, linked, mutual, of that ilk, parallel, pertinent, reciprocal, relevant, similar, tied up
Antonyms: alien, different, disassociated, disconnected, dissimilar, foreign, unrelated
Main Entry: similar
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very much alike
Synonyms: agnate, akin, allied, analogous, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, collateral, companion, comparable, complementary, congruent, congruous, consonant, consubstantial, correlative, corresponding, homogeneous, identical, in agreement, kin, kindred, like, matching, much the same, parallel, reciprocal, related, resembling, same, twin, uniform
Antonyms: alien, different, dissimilar, opposite, unalike, unlike
Main Entry: exchangeable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: interchangeable
Synonyms: commutable, complementary, convertible, correlative, equivalent, fungible, mutual, reciprocal, replaceable, returnable, substitutable, substitutive, transmutable
More ResultsPREVIOUS|12|NEXT
Search another word or see complementaryon Dictionary |Spanish
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT