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Synonyms & Antonyms of sufficiency

the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately

the sufficiency of the portions is such that you will leave the restaurant with a full stomach but without doggie bags

Synonyms for sufficiency

acceptability,
adequacy,
satisfactoriness

Words Related to sufficiency

appropriateness,
correctness,
fitness,
goodness,
properness,
rightness,
seemliness,
suitability,
suitableness,
tolerability

bountifulness,
copiousness

excess,
overabundance,
oversupply,
surfeit,
surplus

abundance,
amplitude,
opulence,
plenitude,
plenteousness,
plentifulness,
plentitude,
plenty

Near Antonyms for sufficiency

lack,
want

crunch,
dearth,
deficit,
famine,
lack,
shortage

meagerness,
paucity,
poorness,
poverty,
rareness,
rarity,
scantiness,
scantness,
scarceness,
scarcity,
skimpiness

necessity,
need,
privation

Antonyms for sufficiency

inadequacy,
inadequateness,
insufficiency,
unsatisfactoriness

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“Sufficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficiency. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.

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