adequate to

1. 1.

   having the requisite qualities for

   “equal to the task”

   “the work isn't up to the standard I require”

   Synonymscapableequal toup to

   Similaradequate

Questions about adequate to

What does adequate to mean?

adequate to means "having the requisite qualities for".

What is another word for adequate to?

Close synonyms include capable, equal to, up to. 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.

Is adequate to a common word?

adequate to is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.