Definition for Adequacy:

• the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; " he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

Synonyms for Adequacy:

• n.

  •
  • decent,
  • O.K.,
  • tolerable,
  • reasonable,
  • respectable,
  • satisfactory,
  • fine,
  • adequate,
  • acceptable,
  • all-right.
  •
  • excess.
  •ability, competency in some (noun)
  • requisiteness,
  • satisfactoriness,
  • fairness,
  • plenty,
  • suitableness,
  • Tolerableness,
  • commensurateness,
  • action capability,
  • sufficiency.
  •adequacy (noun)
  • adequateness.
  •attribute (noun)
  • adequacy.
  •capability (noun)
  • qualifiednesses.
  •competence (noun)
  • hacking its,
  • cutting its,
  • know how,
  • making grade,
  • the right stuffs,
  • cutting mustard.
  •efficacy (noun)
  • efficacy,
  • efficacies,
  • capableness.
  •efficiency (noun)
  • re-sourcefulness,
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulness,
  • skillfulnesses.
  •enough (noun)
  • amplenesses,
  • right amounts,
  • ample supplies,
  • sufficients.
  •fitness (noun)
  • congruousness,
  • expediency,
  • Concurrency,
  • seasonableness,
  • patness,
  • admissibility,
  • auspiciousness.
  •sufficiency (noun)
  • plenteousness,
  • prosperity,
  • bounty,
  • abundance,
  • plentifulness.
  •utility (noun)
  • advantageousness,
  • serviceability.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • utility.
  •spaciousness
  • capaciousness.

Paraphrases for Adequacy:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    sufficiency.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sufficiency.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inadequacy.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Criteria, Bis.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    insufficiency, proportionality, complacency, proficiency, expediency, adjustment.
  • Verb, past tense
    cleaned, Spared.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    appropriateness, adequate.
  • Proper noun, singular
    requirements, appropriateness, suitability, relevancy, adequate, accuracy.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    propriety, desirability, Advisability, soundness, acceptability, appropriateness, correctness, suitability, reasonableness, relevancy, eligibility, applicability, convenience, adequate, competence, accuracy.

Antonyms for Adequacy:

• n.

  • ability, competency in some
    inadequateness, insufficiency, inadequacy.
  • Other antonyms:
    necessity, unsatisfactoriness, scantness, crunch, famine, rarity, want, privation, rareness, meagerness, poorness, lack, skimpiness.

Adequacy Sentence Examples:

• Less ambitious in her aims than Dante Rossetti, her work impresses the reader with its adequacy to those aims.

Homophones for Adequacy:

• aids, ataxy, (adj), adagio, adige, athos, adios, audacious, adz, aides, aedes, Attache Case, attack, autoecious, adage, ataxia, atsugewi, atticus, attic, ad hoc, addax, attache, aethusa, attach, aotus, attica, at ease, autoicous, atoxic, ataxic, athetosis, at issue, at odds, at sea, adze, autocue, adduce.

Hypernym for Adequacy:

• n.

  • attribute
    ampleness.

Hyponym for Adequacy:

• n.

  • attribute
    quality, satisfactoriness.