Adjective: adequate a-di-kwut
- Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
"she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job";
- equal
- Sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"; "the food was adequate";
- enough, nuff [non-standard]
- About average; acceptable
"more than adequate as a secretary";
- passable, fair to middling, tolerable
See also: adequacy, adequate to, adequateness, capable, competent, equal to, satisfactory, sufficient, up to
Antonym: inadequate
Encyclopedia: Adequate