adequate

Questions about adequate

What does adequate mean?

adequate means "having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adequate?

adequate has 3 syllables: ad-eq-uate. The stress falls on "ad". In IPA it is /ˈædəkwət/.

What is another word for adequate?

Close synonyms include equal, enough, passable, fair to middling, tolerable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of adequate?

The recorded antonyms are inadequate.

Is adequate a common word?

adequate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.