complementary

complementary is a 13-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 29 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
2. noun. One skilled in compliments.
3. noun. either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

   "yellow and blue are complementaries"

4. adjective. acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

   Synonyms: complemental, completing

5. adjective. of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other

   "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"

Synonyms

complemental, completing

Common word forms

complementaries, complementarily

Words from these letters

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