'Complementary' definitions:
Definition of 'complementary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"
adjective
Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [syn: complemental, complementary, completing]
noun
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" [syn: complementary color, complementary]
Definition of 'Complementary'
From: GCIDE
- Complementary \Com`ple*men"ta*ry\, a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. [1913 Webster]
- Complementary colors. See under Color.
- Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90[deg]. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Complementary'
From: GCIDE
- Complementary \Com`ple*men"ta*ry\, n. [See Complimentary.] One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'complementary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analogous,
- answering,
- coequal,
- complemental,
- completing,
- completive,
- completory,
- consummative,
- consummatory,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- culminative,
- equipollent,
- equivalent,
- filling,
- fulfilling,
- homologous,
- perfective,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocative,
- tantamount