Definition for Adequate:

• Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.

Synonyms for Adequate:

• adj.

  •acceptable (adjective)
  • admissible,
  • unexceptional,
  • goodish,
  • satisfactory,
  • permissible,
  • acceptable,
  • up to snuff,
  • allowable,
  • appropriate,
  • passable,
  • tolerable,
  • favorable,
  • unobjectionable,
  • suitable.
  •all (adjective)
  • equal.
  •comfortable (adjective)
  • homey.
  •effective (adjective)
  • forcible,
  • effectual.
  •efficacious (adjective)
  • puissant.
  •enough, able (adjective)
  • capable,
  • equal,
  • unobjectionable,
  • sufficient,
  • requisite,
  • competent,
  • Sufficing,
  • passable,
  • suitable,
  • satisfactory,
  • all right,
  • acceptable,
  • commensurate,
  • comfortable,
  • tolerable,
  • decent,
  • fair,
  • unexceptional.
  •influential (adjective)
  • operative.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • inadequate.
  •sufficient (adjective)
  • prosperous,
  • enough,
  • bountiful,
  • plenteous,
  • plentiful,
  • fair,
  • sufficient,
  • abundant,
  • ample,
  • satisfactory.
  •suitable (adjective)
  • due.

• n.

  •
  • reasonable.
  •
  • comfortable.
  •
  • common,
  • goodish,
  • moderate,
  • fair,
  • good,
  • fairish,
  • tidy,
  • respectable,
  • average.
  •adequate (noun)
  • fair to middling,
  • decent,
  • competent,
  • enough,
  • equal to,
  • up to,
  • sufficient,
  • adequate to,
  • capable,
  • passable.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nicely,
  • reasonable,
  • presentable,
  • tolerably,
  • working,
  • palatable,
  • cut out for,
  • adequacy,
  • efficient,
  • goodish,
  • fairish,
  • agreeable.
  •
  • much,
  • sorry,
  • fair,
  • modest,
  • medium.
  •
  • tidy,
  • average.
  •
  • respectable,
  • comfortable.
  •
  • common.
  •
  • moderate.
  •efficient
  • effective.
  •genuine
  • valid.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fair,
  • abounding,
  • omnipotent,
  • expedient,
  • nice,
  • completely,
  • powerful,
  • administer,
  • presentable,
  • adopt,
  • hospitable,
  • completeness,
  • moderate,
  • so-so,
  • express,
  • sizeable,
  • feat,
  • Plenipotent,
  • of use,
  • great,
  • punctually,
  • germane,
  • congruence,
  • accomplishment,
  • supportable,
  • sufficiently,
  • exceptional,
  • duly,
  • effective,
  • adequacy,
  • homey,
  • good,
  • bountifully,
  • Adequation,
  • all right,
  • tolerably,
  • commensurate,
  • appropriately,
  • neatly,
  • congruity,
  • buyer,
  • replace,
  • competent,
  • advisable,
  • generously,
  • moderately good,
  • agreeable,
  • no great shakes,
  • par,
  • functional,
  • act as,
  • first class,
  • sated,
  • decent,
  • modest,
  • foot,
  • eligible,
  • due,
  • barely sufficient,
  • plenty,
  • fair to middling,
  • up,
  • fully,
  • absolutely,
  • fine,
  • withstand,
  • Comme Il Faut,
  • minimum,
  • undertake,
  • sound,
  • equal,
  • Fitted,
  • even,
  • decorous,
  • depict,
  • attractively,
  • qualified,
  • satisfying,
  • suffice,
  • felicitous,
  • decisive,
  • befitting,
  • relevant,
  • conclude,
  • commendable,
  • offer,
  • achievement,
  • comely,
  • precision,
  • copious,
  • accurately,
  • wealth,
  • decently,
  • client,
  • correctness,
  • surfeited,
  • seemly,
  • middling,
  • overflowing,
  • goodish,
  • entirely,
  • performance,
  • perfectly,
  • comfortable,
  • galore,
  • effort,
  • acquirable,
  • represent,
  • opportune,
  • proper,
  • obstruct,
  • endurable,
  • bankable,
  • affect,
  • proportionate,
  • forceful,
  • palatable,
  • unobjectionable,
  • workmanlike,
  • not good,
  • bearable,
  • reasonable,
  • quite,
  • tangible,
  • operative,
  • be,
  • useful,
  • minimal,
  • ok,
  • leg,
  • not bad,
  • luxuriant,
  • cogent,
  • fairish,
  • pretty good,
  • exactly,
  • agreement,
  • sufficiency,
  • adequately,
  • valid,
  • much,
  • okay,
  • sufferable,
  • efficacious,
  • furnish,
  • correctly,
  • accept,
  • customer,
  • superior,
  • better than nothing,
  • affluence,
  • prime,
  • Supplied,
  • excellent,
  • able,
  • patron,
  • indifferent,
  • be sufficient,
  • proficient,
  • efficient,
  • convenient,
  • apt,
  • ready,
  • respectable,
  • anticipate,
  • generous,
  • pertinent,
  • when,
  • worthy,
  • becoming,
  • common,
  • well enough,
  • reasonably,
  • productive,
  • choice,
  • applicable,
  • fullness,
  • effectual,
  • proportionable,
  • meet,
  • come,
  • amply,
  • give,
  • alright,
  • check,
  • requisite,
  • capable,
  • competitive,
  • unexceptionable,
  • average,
  • prepared,
  • fairly good,
  • endure,
  • graduate,
  • working,
  • Sufficing,
  • condign,
  • corresponding,
  • undistinguished,
  • first-rate,
  • exactness,
  • correspondent,
  • satisfy,
  • apropos,
  • tidy,
  • replete,
  • adequate to,
  • good enough,
  • qualify,
  • moderately,
  • During,
  • medium,
  • well,
  • abundance,
  • multipotent,
  • ordinary,
  • influential,
  • right,
  • fitting,
  • scratch,
  • full,
  • nicely,
  • liberally,
  • livable,
  • pretty well,
  • up to,
  • more than enough,
  • appoint,
  • profusely,
  • premium,
  • rightly,
  • plenitude,
  • fit,
  • considerably,
  • forcible,
  • substantial,
  • unexceptional,
  • puissant,
  • contain,
  • pawn,
  • congenial,
  • complete,
  • telling,
  • main,
  • almighty,
  • accuracy,
  • copiously,
  • mediocre,
  • support,
  • adapted,
  • provide,
  • too much,
  • DO,
  • contribute,
  • manage,
  • up to par,
  • act,
  • propitious,
  • apposite,
  • equal to,
  • preciseness,
  • sorry,
  • properly,
  • grand,
  • run-of-the-mill,
  • deed,
  • unimpeachable,
  • seize,
  • stage,
  • up to snuff,
  • assume,
  • overqualified,
  • suited,
  • fairly,
  • liberal,
  • potential,
  • cut out for.

Antonyms for Adequate:

• adj.

  • all
    inadequate.
  • enough, able
    inappropriate, inept, poor, inferior, unsatisfactory, unable, incompetent, unacceptable, inadequate, unfit, unequal, unqualified, insufficient, useless, unsuitable, intolerable, incapable.
  • Other antonyms:
    lamentable, par excellence, sensational, worthless, peerless, pitiful, A1, keen, disagreeable, capital, unsurpassed, indecent, imperfect, wonderful, miserable, heavenly, prime, disqualified, exceptional, cheap, fabulous, optimum, atrocious, dandy, vile, special, unparalleled, maximized, swell, splendid, crackerjack, stellar, groovy, matchless, terrific, unworthy, noble, premium, unqualified, high-grade, unequal, superlative, miserly, preeminent, defective, incomplete, jim-dandy, first-rate, faulty, superb, great, maximum, marvelous, boss, top, sterling, nifty, top-notch, objectionable, Dissatisfying, tip-top, optimal, exquisite, divine, supreme, supernal, first class, fancy, unmatched, banner, shabby, shoddy, mean, grand, neat, extreme, classic, superior, disreputable.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    banner, boss, capital, cheap, classic, crackerjack, dandy, defective, disagreeable, disreputable, divine, exceptional, exquisite, extreme, fabulous, fancy, faulty, first-rate, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-grade, imperfect, incomplete, incorrect, indecent, lamentable, marvelous, matchless, maximum, meagre, mean, miserable, miserly, neat, nifty, noble, objectionable, optimal, optimum, par excellence, peerless, pitiful, preeminent, premium, prime, scant, sensational, shabby, shoddy, special, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, unable, unequal, unmatched, unparalleled, unqualified, unsurpassed, unworthy, wonderful, Dissatisfying, maximized, top-notch, first-class, bang-up.