complementary

  • (s) of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
    • "male" and "female" are complementary terms
  • (s) acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) complemental, completing,

Nouns

  • (n) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
    • yellow and blue are complementaries
    complementary color,

Synonyms

complementary color complemental completing

Words of close approximity

complemental
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