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adequate
Synonyms and Antonyms of adequate
- This old computer is probably adequate if you just want to do some word processing.
acceptable, all right, decent, fairish, fine, good, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable
up to snuff
disagreeable, disreputable, improper, indecent, objectionable, unfit, unsuitable, unworthy, useless, wrong
bad, cheap, defective, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, lamentable, pitiful, shoddy
insufficient, meager (or meagre), mean, miserly, niggardly, poor, scanty, shabby, short, skimpy, spare, stingy
insufferable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
atrocious, execrable, miserable, vile, wretched
exceptional, exquisite, extreme, fancy, first-class, high-grade, matchless, maximized, maximum, optimal, optimum, peerless, preeminent, premium, special, supreme, unmatched, unparalleled
A1, bang-up, banner, capital, classic, crackerjack, dandy, divine, fabulous, fine, first-rate, grand, great, heavenly, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, prime, sensational, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful
Synonym Discussion of adequate
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- sufficient savings
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- do you have enough food?
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- the service was adequate
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- had no competent notion of what was going on
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