'adequate' definitions:
Definition of 'adequate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task" [syn: adequate, equal] [ant: inadequate, unequal]
adjective
Sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" [syn: adequate, decent, enough]
adjective
About average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" [syn: adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable]
Synonyms of 'adequate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able,
- acceptable,
- admissible,
- all right,
- ample,
- average,
- barely sufficient,
- better than nothing,
- capable,
- comfortable,
- commensurate,
- common,
- competent,
- corresponding,
- decent,
- due,
- effective,
- effectual,
- efficacious,
- efficient,
- enough,
- equal,
- equal to,
- fair,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- fit,
- fitted,
- fitting,
- good,
- good enough,
- goodish,
- middling,
- minimal,
- minimum,
- moderate,
- no great shakes,
- not amiss,
- not bad,
- not half bad,
- not so bad,
- OK,
- okay,
- passable,
- plenty,
- plenty good enough,
- presentable,
- pretty good,
- productive,
- proficient,
- proper,
- proportionable,
- proportionate,
- qualified,
- respectable,
- satisfactory,
- satisfying,
- so so,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- sufficient for,
- sufficing,
- suitable,
- suited,
- tidy,
- tolerable,
- unexceptionable,
- unexceptional,
- unimpeachable,
- unobjectionable,
- up,
- up to,
- up to snuff,
- workmanlike