complemental

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscomplementarycompleting

   Similaradditive

Questions about complemental

What does complemental mean?

complemental means "acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)".

How many syllables are in complemental?

complemental has 4 syllables: com-ple-men-tal. The stress falls on "ple".

What is another word for complemental?

Close synonyms include complementary, completing. 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 complemental a common word?

complemental is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.