COMPLEMENTARY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments)
   Synonym(s)
   • complementary color (what does complementary color mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • yellow and blue are complementaries
   Hypernyms(s) complementary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • chromatic color (what does chromatic color mean?)
   • chromatic colour (what does chromatic colour mean?)
   • spectral color (what does spectral color mean?)
   • spectral colour (what does spectral colour mean?)

COMPLEMENTARY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
   Synonym(s)
   • complemental (what does complemental mean?)
   • completing (what does completing mean?)
   Similar To
   • inessential (what does inessential mean?)
   • unessential (what does unessential mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or relating to or suggestive of complementation
   Synonym(s)
   • interchangeable (what does interchangeable mean?)
   • reciprocal (what does reciprocal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • interchangeable electric outlets
   Similar To
   • reciprocal (what does reciprocal mean?)
   • mutual (what does mutual mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
   Usage Example(s)
   • `male” and `female” are complementary terms
   Similar To
   • antonymous (what does antonymous mean?)