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 Nor could the Israelis have carefully weighed whether the risk to civilian lives and infrastructure was proportionate to the military value of each target. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 In such cases, attacks must be proportionate and minimize harm to civilians. — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 In such cases, attacks must be proportionate and minimize civilian harm. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 19 July 2026 Tshisekedi last week ordered the finance, economy and mines ministries, along with revenue agencies, to ensure coercive measures remain exceptional, legally justified, and proportionate. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for proportionate

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Adjective

As a result, the collective decay chain is blocked after the first decay, leaving the maximum emission rate proportional to N—the same scaling expected from independent atoms.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Safety and public trust are strengthened when transparency, governance and proportional data use are built into the architecture from the outset.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of proportional

Adjective

But a €3 duty that is paid only once for ten identical garments is not a response commensurate with the scale of the problem.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Indiana's law doesn't require insurers to reduce premiums commensurate with hospital price reductions.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of commensurate

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But with the important exception of Somalia and large parts of West Africa, jihadi groups have not managed a mobilization comparable with the ones after the 2003 Iraq War or during the rise of the Islamic State.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Ministerial salaries had increasingly fallen behind comparable earnings in the private sector and civil service, making a review necessary, Wong said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026