Synonyms of adequacy

adequacy

noun

ˈa-di-kwə-sē 

as in acceptability

the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately

the fire department sent someone to determine the adequacy of the building's evacuation plan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acceptability
• sufficiency
• goodness
• amplitude
• fitness
• appropriateness
• satisfactoriness
• suitability
• tolerability
• correctness
• surplus
• abundance
• suitableness
• rightness
• properness
• seemliness
• bountifulness
• excess
• overabundance
• copiousness
• opulence
• surfeit
• oversupply
• plenitude
• plenty
• plentifulness
• plenteousness
• plentitude

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inadequacy
• insufficiency
• lack
• shortage
• deficit
• inadequateness
• scarcity
• want
• dearth
• famine
• poverty
• unsatisfactoriness
• necessity
• paucity
• crunch
• rarity
• need
• meagerness
• scantiness
• privation
• rareness
• skimpiness
• scarceness
• poorness
• scantness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adequacy

For the three trackers, one is for regional transmission organization adjustment, another is for fuel adjustment and the last is resource adequacy adjustment. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Employers and health plans should evaluate newly available claims data to assess timing and adequacy of prenatal visits, postpartum visits, and appropriate vaccination both before and during pregnancy to protect the mother and her newborn. — Jeff Levin-Scherz, STAT, 23 July 2026

More than half of the regions NERC studied could face resource-adequacy problems in that window, a worsening outlook that the group partly attributes to data centers. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026

The cracks hadn’t been caught in regular maintenance on the plane, which raised questions about the adequacy of the maintenance schedule. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026