Complementary Definition

kŏmplə-mĕntə-rē, -trē
adjective
Acting as a complement; completing.
Webster's New World
Making up what is lacking in one another.
Webster's New World
Offsetting mutual deficiencies or enhancing mutual strengths.
American Heritage
Of or relating to complementary medicine.
American Heritage
Of or relating to a group of genes that act in concert to produce a specific phenotype.
American Heritage
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noun
A complementary colour.
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Other Word Forms of Complementary

Noun

Singular:
complementary
Plural:
complementaries

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