Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
- 2adjective
To equalize; to make adequate.
- 3adjective
To equal.
- 4adjective
having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
"she had adequate training"
"her training was adequate"
Synonyms
- 5adjective
about average; acceptable
"more than adequate as a secretary"
- 6adjective
sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"
"the food was adequate"
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