PROPORTIONATE Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

proportionate

adjective

prə-ˈpȯr-sh(ə-)nət

Definition of proportionate

as in proportional

corresponding in size, amount, extent, or degree expect financial returns proportionate to your efforts

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Recent Examples of proportionate Due diligence obligations should also be proportionate to the size and context of the importing company’s operations. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 16 June 2026 Clinical action should be proportionate to the strength of available evidence. — Elizabeth Bevins, STAT, 16 June 2026 Container Commercial foods for hermit crabs usually come in small containers proportionate to the size of the food. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 Although reports indicate—and Adams said was the case in Utah—that communities have genuine concerns fueling the rise in opposition, not everyone agrees that the immense community backlash in the US is rational or proportionate. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for proportionate

Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportionate

Adjective

The team observed that the critical stress level at which liquids fracture is proportional to their viscosity times the strain rate (how quickly they are being pulled or stretched apart and how the diameter of the liquid is changing).

— Rohini Subrahmanyam, Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2026
As of July 1, part-time college and university students can only receive direct student loans proportional to their enrollment.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Definition of proportional

Adjective

The state agreed to a commensurate pay raises to offset those salary reductions.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
The pain from high tuition does not stem from extraordinary tuition growth but rather from the lack of a commensurate growth rate in median family income.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

Definition of commensurate

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The Australian Productivity Commission proposed a similar wide-ranging TDM exception to cover AI model training, citing comparable exceptions in Japan and Singapore.

— Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
County officials kept comparable county manager salaries in the metro area in mind when making their decision, Jebens-Singh said.

— Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026