ADEQUACY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: “he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule”
   
   Synonym(s)
   • adequateness (what does adequateness mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) adequacy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • satisfactoriness (what does satisfactoriness mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • inadequacy (what does inadequacy mean?)
   • inadequateness (what does inadequateness mean?)
   
   Attribute(s)
   • adequate (what does adequate mean?)
   • inadequate (what does inadequate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
   
   Synonym(s)
   • sufficiency (what does sufficiency mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence
   
   Hypernyms(s) adequacy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • quality (what does quality mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • insufficiency (what does insufficiency mean?)
   • inadequacy (what does inadequacy mean?)
   • deficiency (what does deficiency mean?)
   • insufficiency (what does insufficiency mean?)
   • inadequacy (what does inadequacy mean?)
   • deficiency (what does deficiency mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • ampleness (what does ampleness mean?)
   
   Attribute(s)
   • ample (what does ample mean?)
   • meager (what does meager mean?)
   • meagre (what does meagre mean?)
   • meagerly (what does meagerly mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • suffice (what does suffice mean?)
   • do (what does do mean?)
   • answer (what does answer mean?)
   • serve (what does serve mean?)