complement

complement is a 10-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 24 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
2. transitive verb. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
3. transitive verb. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
4. transitive verb. A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
5. transitive verb. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
6. transitive verb. The whole working force of a vessel.
7. transitive verb. The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
8. transitive verb. A compliment.
9. transitive verb. To supply a lack; to supplement.
10. transitive verb. To compliment.
11. noun. something added to complete or embellish or make perfect

    "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"

    "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"

    Synonyms: accompaniment

12. noun. either of two parts that mutually complete each other
13. noun. a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
14. noun. number needed to make up a whole force

    "a full complement of workers"

15. noun. a complete number or quantity

    "a full complement"

16. noun. one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
17. verb. make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to

    "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

Synonyms

accompaniment

Common word forms

complements, complemental, complemented, complementer, complementing

Words from these letters

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