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adequate

• (a) 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
  equal,
• (s) sufficient for the purpose
  • an adequate income
  • the food was adequate
  • a decent wage
  • enough food
  • food enough
  enough, decent,
• (s) about average; acceptable
  • more than adequate as a secretary
  fair to middling, passable, tolerable,

Synonyms

equal enough decent fair to middling passable tolerable

Antonyms

inadequate unequal

See also

satisfactory

Words of close approximity