complementary

Speech parts

1. complementary - Noun

2. complementary - Adjective

3. complementary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

One skilled in compliments.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

completing supplementary extra corresponding compatible harmonious ancillary complemental additional matching supplemental interdependent paired added supportive
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Antonyms

common argument synonymous converse chat subtractive
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Hypernyms

spectral color chromatic color chromatic colour spectral colour

Phrases with the word

complementary base pairing complementary and integrative medicine complementary principles complementary rna complementary and alternative medicine complementary work

Examples

Opposites are not contradictory but complementary. Niels Bohr

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. Herbert Spencer

Falling in love indicated that your genes were complementary to those of the loved one. It told you nothing about when your personalities and sexualities were compatible. Ken MacLeod

Truth and clarity are complementary. Niels Bohr

Colour-blindness always extends to the complementary colours. Those who are red blind are also green blind; those who are blind to blue have no consciousness of yellow. This law holds good for all mental phenomena; it is a fundamental condition of consciousness. Otto Weininger

India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology. Yoshiro Mori

Close letter words and terms

complementarity complementarity of the efforts complementarity-determining complementary and alternative medicine complementary and integrative medicine complementary angle