Adequate

[adj] (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"
[adj] about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
[adj] enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

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Synonyms

adequate to(p), capable, competent, decent, enough, equal to(p), fair to middling, passable, sufficient, up to(p)

Antonyms

inadequate

Related Terms

able, acceptable, admissible, all right, ample, average, barely sufficient, better than nothing, capable, comfortable, commensurate, common, competent, corresponding, decent, due, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enough, equal, equal to, fair