Synonyms of sufficiency

sufficiency

noun

sə-ˈfi-shən(t)-sē 

as in acceptability

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 & Similar Words

• acceptability
• adequacy
• goodness
• amplitude
• fitness
• satisfactoriness
• appropriateness
• tolerability
• suitability
• correctness
• abundance
• surplus
• suitableness
• bountifulness
• rightness
• overabundance
• excess
• seemliness
• copiousness
• properness
• surfeit
• oversupply
• opulence
• plenty
• plenitude
• plentifulness
• plenteousness
• plentitude

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• lack
• shortage
• deficit
• want
• inadequateness
• famine
• dearth
• scarcity
• poverty
• necessity
• paucity
• unsatisfactoriness
• crunch
• need
• rarity
• privation
• meagerness
• scantiness
• scarceness
• poorness
• rareness
• skimpiness
• scantness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sufficiency

Owners discovered that a small flock fits neatly into a suburban routine and pays back in eggs, entertainment and a sense of self-sufficiency. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026

What’s worrying to him is that abundance can masquerade as sufficiency. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026

Some have raised concerns about the cleanup’s sufficiency. — Michelle De La Uz, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026

For investors and boards, the central question extends beyond strategy coherence or capital sufficiency. — Bystephen Pitt-Walker, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2026