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
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Complementary
Noun
Singular:
complementary
Plural:
complementariesOrigin of Complementary
-
From complement + -ary.
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to complementary using the buttons below.