adequate

adequate is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
2. adjective. To equalize; to make adequate.
3. adjective. To equal.
4. adjective. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

   "she had adequate training"

   "her training was adequate"

   Synonyms: equal

5. adjective. about average; acceptable

   "more than adequate as a secretary"

   Synonyms: passable, tolerable

6. adjective. sufficient for the purpose

   "an adequate income"

   "the food was adequate"

   Synonyms: decent, enough

Synonyms

equal, passable, tolerable, decent, enough

Common word forms

adequately, adequateness

Words from these letters

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