Entry Word: complementary

Function: adjective

Meaning: related to each other in such a way that one completes the other <the complementary contributions of the cooking and cleanup committees were essential to the success of the church barbecue>

Synonyms reciprocal, supplementary

Related Words cooperative, mutual, symbiotic; collective, combined, common, communal, conjoint, joint, shared, united

Antonyms noncomplementary, nonreciprocal