complementary Definition
com·ple·men·tary (käm′plə men′tə rē)
adjective
- acting as a complement; completing
- making up what is lacking in one another
complementary Synonyms
complementary
modif.
Forming a complement
integral, equivalent, corresponding, reciprocal, parallel, mutual, correlative, correspondent, interrelated, interconnected, interdependent, companion, completing; see also equal.Matched
paired, mated, corresponding; see alike 2, matched.
complementary Usage Examples
Preposition: in
nature: The firm offers a broad range of expertise because these areas are so often complementary in nature.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- provide: Obviously we didn't know whether the FBU would provide a service complementary to that.
- include: ACCEPTABLE USES WILL INCLUDE COMMERCIAL USES COMPLEMENTARY TO BUT NOT APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE CORE TOWN CENTER RETAIL LOCATION.
Modifies a noun
- therapy: Complementary therapy can do much to remove the current fear of death.
- medicine: I am also involved in teaching of research in complementary medicine.
- therapist: A regular session with a complementary therapist offers a whole multitude of benefits.
- strand: For instance, scientists at the Naval Research Lab have measured the force between two complementary strands of DNA.
- practitioner: By contrast, complementary practitioners promise help without side effects.
- clinic: Heather Simpson runs behavioral and complementary therapy clinics at The Natural Animal Center in Sussex.
Modifying Another Word
- mutually: Integrating of teams into the project Our Network includes the seven experienced teams, with mutually complementary skills and research tasks.
- highly: This part of the framework would also be a valuable and highly complementary asset to RSF.
- essentially: While discovery and choice compete as the basis of identity, knowledge and choice are essentially complementary to each other.
- entirely: PIPPIN activities do not replace conventional Parentcraft classes, they are entirely complementary.
- potentially: We argue that these are fundamentally different, and potentially complementary, language facilities.
- truly: The apogee was without doubt Cole Porter's classic ' Night And Day ' , in which their voices found truly complementary expression.
Used with adjective complement
- consider: Qualitative research approaches are considered as complementary to, and not in competition with, quantitative approaches.
- see: Hence the two articles should be seen as complementary.
- become: The alliance sees Accurate's solution become complementary to ADP Wilco's Tarot and Gloss offerings.
- remain: Over the next decade, it is expected that B2C e-commerce will grow considerably, but will nevertheless remain complementary to traditional commerce.
- require: This requires complementary Emergency Response Modules to be designed which can identify and develop such sources rapidly.
Browse dictionary entries near complementary
- ‹ complementarity
- ‹ complement fixation
- ‹ complement
- ‹ complected
- ‹ compleat
- ‹ complaisant
- ‹ complaisance
- ‹ complaint
- ‹ complaining
- ‹ complainant

