'Sufficient' definitions:
Definition of 'sufficient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food" [ant: deficient, insufficient]
Definition of 'Sufficient'
From: GCIDE
- Sufficient \Suf*fi"cient\, a. [L. sufficiens, -entis, p. pr. of sufficere: cf. F. suffisant. See Suffice.]
- 1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. [1913 Webster]
- My grace is sufficient for thee. --2 Cor. xii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. [1913 Webster]
- Who is sufficient for these things? --2 Cor. ii. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. [1913 Webster]
- The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee), Not to believe a thing. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Enough; adequate; competent; full; satisfactory; ample. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sufficient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptable,
- adequacy,
- adequate,
- admissible,
- agreeable,
- all right,
- ample,
- authoritative,
- barely sufficient,
- better than nothing,
- binding,
- cogent,
- comfortable,
- commensurable,
- commensurate,
- common,
- competence,
- competent,
- consistent,
- corresponding,
- decent,
- due,
- enough,
- equal to,
- fair,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- fit,
- good,
- good enough,
- goodish,
- just,
- lawful,
- legal,
- legitimate,
- logical,
- minimal,
- minimum,
- moderate,
- not amiss,
- not bad,
- not half bad,
- not so bad,
- OK,
- okay,
- passable,
- pleasing,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- plenty good enough,
- presentable,
- pretty good,
- proportionable,
- proportionate,
- respectable,
- satisfactory,
- satisfying,
- self-consistent,
- solid,
- sound,
- substantial,
- sufficiency,
- sufficient for,
- sufficing,
- suitable,
- tidy,
- tolerable,
- unexceptionable,
- unexceptional,
- unobjectionable,
- up to,
- valid,
- weighty,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- workmanlike