Synonyms for sufficient
- adjective
Most common
adequate ample satisfactory plentiful valid acceptable competent tolerable
All synonyms
Adjective
adequate, satisfactory, ample, good, plentiful, tolerable, acceptable, not bad, valid, all right, competent, commensurate, fit, comfortable, nondeficient rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs.
This is a necessary condition but not a sufficient one.
Related words
- Word family
- sufficiency sufficiently suffice
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Adequate, commensurate, and sufficient signify equal to some given occasion or work; as, a sum sufficient to meet expenses; an adequate remedy for the disease.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- adequate The national health service was far from adequate.
- ample Ten million yen will be ample for the project.
- satisfactory His proposal is far from being satisfactory to us.
- plentiful For some, excuses are plentiful to remain idle.
- valid Is it valid to say that all men are created equal?
- acceptable It is sometimes acceptable to resort to violence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sufficient | falling | |
| adequate | falling | |
| ample | falling | |
| satisfactory | falling | |
| plentiful | falling | |
| valid | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fit1
- 4 letters
- good1
- 5 letters
- valid2, ample2
- 8 letters
- adequate3
- 9 letters
- competent3, plentiful3, tolerable4
- 10 letters
- acceptable4
- 11 letters
- comfortable4
- 12 letters
- satisfactory4, commensurate4, nondeficient
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (valid2 = 2 syllables).