PROPORTIONED Synonyms: 177 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in symmetrical

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verb

past tense of proportion

as in divided

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as in balanced

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Recent Examples of proportioned

Adjective

For years, America's been in the chokehold of unnecessarily oversized pickup trucks, but recent announcements of new vehicles show that common sense – and more reasonably proportioned utes – may soon prevail. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for proportioned

Adjective

How the gravitational field that the various spacecraft experienced changed over time differs substantially from what would be expected were Mars's interior perfectly spherically symmetrical.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026
For a more modern aesthetic, look towards materials placed in simple, symmetrical patterns.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of symmetrical

Verb

The large-scale protests might have signaled to Beijing that the Hong Kong public was becoming more politically divided and that Tung was losing control.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Like the public writ large, the House of Representatives and the Senate are divided so deeply that Americans don’t have confidence in their ability to make hard choices.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of divided

Verb

Set the scene Though Amalfi has no shortage of decadent, bygone-era boltholes, few palazzos have balanced age-old charm with modern chic adeptly.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
The Dodgers have balanced Ohtani’s health with keeping alive the dream of using him as a two-way player again this season.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of balanced

Verb

For every song ingested into these LLMs, ALL of the creative elements that went into the track have been surreptitiously appropriated.

— David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
The initial contract between Norman and Mental Health Association Oklahoma was for one year and carried a $383,633 price tag, with $333,633 appropriated from Opioid Settlement Funds.

— Jake Ramsey, Oklahoma Watch, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of appropriated

Verb

About half of Americans believe that data centers are bad for the country, and while more Democrats have negative feelings about data centers than Republicans, overall the parties are largely aligned.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
The more generative thing was to think about wildly different experiences in terms of content, but ones that are aligned in terms of question and inquiry.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of aligned

Verb

Parties with less than 5% of the vote are excluded from the legislature, with their votes apportioned to the larger parties.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Because the tax was not apportioned among the states as the Constitution required, those provisions were unconstitutional.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of apportioned

Verb

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, which covers an area just outside New Orleans and was allotted the highest amount — nearly $4 million through 2025 — did not respond to more than a dozen calls and emails.

— Aneri Pattani — KFF Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026
For example, the original plan by the department’s consultant assumed that the park would have access to a sewer main and allotted about $76,000 for a routine sewer connection.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026