Meaning & use
adequate
Satisfactory or sufficient for a particular purpose or need.
See it in a sentence
The small apartment was adequate for a single person, though a bit cramped.
We need to make sure there is adequate lighting before the show begins.
A note on using this word
Adequate suggests just enough to meet a need, not necessarily more than that, and can sound faintly unenthusiastic when describing quality.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
inadequateinsufficient
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