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adequate
adjective
1 adequate
Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task:
— She had adequate training.
— Her training was adequate.
— She was adequate to the job.
synonym: equal.
Roget 644:
useful;
of use
etc.
n.;
serviceable,
proficuous†,
good for;
subservient
etc.
(instrumental)
631;
conducive
etc.
(tending)
176;
subsidiary
etc.
(helping)
707.
advantageous
etc.
(beneficial)
648;
profitable,
gainful,
remunerative,
worth one's salt;
valuable;
prolific
etc.
(productive)
168.
adequate;
efficient,
efficacious;
effective,
effectual;
expedient
etc.
646.
applicable,
available,
ready,
handy,
at hand,
tangible;
commodious,
adaptable;
of all work.
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Roget 157:
powerful,
puissant;
potential;
capable,
able;
equal to,
up to;
cogent,
valid;
efficient,
productive;
effective,
effectual,
efficacious,
adequate,
competent;
multipotent†,
plenipotent†,
omnipotent;
almighty.
forcible
etc.
adj..
(energetic)
171;
influential
etc.
175;
productive
etc.
168.
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2 adequate
Sufficient for the purpose:
— An adequate income.
— The food was adequate.
synonym: enough.
Roget 639:
sufficient,
enough,
adequate,
up to the mark,
commensurate,
competent,
satisfactory,
valid,
tangible.
measured;
moderate
etc.
(temperate)
953.
full,
etc.
(complete)
52;
ample;
plenty,
plentiful,
plenteous;
plenty as blackberries;
copious,
abundant;
abounding
etc.
v.;
replete,
enough and to spare,
flush;
choke-full,
chock-full;
well-stocked,
well-provided;
liberal;
unstinted,
unstinting;
stintless†;
without stint;
unsparing,
unmeasured;
lavish
etc.
641;
wholesale.
rich;
luxuriant
etc.
(fertile)
168;
affluent
etc.
(wealthy)
803;
wantless†;
big with
etc.
(pregnant)
161.
unexhausted†,
unwasted†;
exhaustless,
inexhaustible.
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3 adequate
About average; acceptable:
— More than adequate as a secretary.
synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable.
Roget 651:
imperfect;
not perfect
etc.
650;
deficient,
defective;
faulty,
unsound,
tainted;
out of order,
out of tune;
cracked,
leaky;
sprung;
warped
etc.
(distort)
243;
lame;
injured
etc.
(deteriorated)
659;
peccant
etc.
(bad)
649;
frail
etc.
(weak)
160;
inadequate
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
crude
etc.
(unprepared)
674;
incomplete
etc.
53;
found wanting;
below par;
short-handed;
below its full strength,
under its full strength,
below its full complement.
indifferent,
middling,
ordinary,
mediocre;
average
etc.
29;
so-so;
coucicouci,
milk and water;
tolerable,
fair,
passable;
pretty well,
pretty good;
rather good,
moderately good;
good;
good enough,
well enough,
adequate;
decent;
not bad,
not amiss;
inobjectionable†,
unobjectionable,
admissible,
bearable,
only better than nothing.
secondary,
inferior;
second-rate,
second-best;
one-horse [U.S.].
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Polish: adekwatny
Moby thesaurus: OK, able, acceptable, admissible, all right, ample, average, barely sufficient, better than nothing, capable, comfortable, commensurate, common, competent, corresponding, decent, due, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enough, equal, equal to, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fit, fitted, fitting, good, good enough, goodish, middling, minimal, minimum, moderate, no great shakes, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, okay, passable, plenty, plenty good enough, presentable, pretty good, productive, proficient, proper, proportionable, proportionate, qualified, respectable, satisfactory, satisfying, so so, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, suited, tidy, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, up, up to, up to snuff, workmanlike ... show more.
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