Synonyms for complementary

Synonyms for (noun) complementary

Synonyms: complementary, complementary color

Definition: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

Usage: yellow and blue are complementaries

Similar words: spectral color, spectral colour, chromatic color, chromatic colour

Definition: a color that has hue


Synonyms for (adj) complementary

Synonyms: complemental, complementary, completing

Definition: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

Similar words: additive

Definition: characterized or produced by addition

Usage: an additive process


Synonyms: complementary

Definition: of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other

Usage: `male' and `female' are complementary terms

Similar words: antonymous

Definition: of words: having opposite meanings


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