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) Hypernyms(s) adequacy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Attribute(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
    Synonym(s) 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 Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Attribute(s) Derived(s)