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Questions about adequate to

What is another word for adequate to?

It depends which adequate to you mean. In the sense “having the requisite qualities for”, the synonyms are capable, equal to, up to. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of adequate to?

WordNet records no antonym for adequate to. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for adequate to come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of adequate to

• Full entry for adequate toAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for adequate toWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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