Synonyms for sufficiency
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Noun
1. Adequacy
adequacy, enough, capacity, competence, abundance, ability, qualification, competency
Other
fill, enoughness, sufficience dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or condition of being sufficient.
Forms
- Plural
- sufficiencies → adequacies, enoughs, capacities, competences…
Example sentences
- capacity Mr Brown was acting in the capacity of ambassador.
- abundance There was food and drink in abundance at the party.
- competence Ted doesn't have the competence to teach English.
- adequacy Tom behaves obligingly to prove his adequacy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sufficiency | falling | |
| capacity | falling | |
| abundance | steady | |
| competence | steady | |
| adequacy | falling | |
| enoughness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fill1
- 6 letters
- enough2
- 7 letters
- ability4
- 8 letters
- capacity4, adequacy4
- 9 letters
- abundance3
- 10 letters
- competence3, competency4, enoughness
- 11 letters
- sufficience
- 13 letters
- qualification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enough2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- suffisance
- Italiano
- sufficienza
- Español
- suficiencia