Synonyms for complement
ˈkɒm plə mənt; -ˌmɛntcom·ple·ment

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1. complement

   Synonyms:
   completion, fulfilment, totality, supply, counterpart, correlative

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, abatement, detraction, defalcation, diminution, drawback

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1. complementnoun

   a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

2. complementnoun

   a complete number or quantity

   "a full complement"

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

3. complement, full complementnoun

   number needed to make up a whole force

   "a full complement of workers"

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

4. complement, accompanimentnoun

   something added to complete or embellish or make perfect

   "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"

   Synonyms:
   co-occurrence, full complement, accompaniment, support, attendant, backup, musical accompaniment, escort, concomitant

5. complementnoun

   one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

6. complementverb

   either of two parts that mutually complete each other

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

7. complementverb

   make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to

   "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

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1. complementnoun

   Synonyms:
   full number, full quantity

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1. List of paraphrases for "complement":

   supplement, snap-in, supplementary, complete, add-in, complementing, complements, complementary, supplementing, plug-in, add-on, supplements, plugin, complemento, completing, adjunct, complemented, completes, addition, supplemented, add, complementarity, snapin, supplemental

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1. complement

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1. Charles Allen:

   We’ve got to make sure we have a full complement of judges, but it’s also important that people have a right to a jury, d.C. is an extreme outlier. It’s us and only nine other states where people don’t even have a right to a jury.

2. Joseph Schumpeter:

   Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

3. Mike Nipper:

   We're different people, I'm from Mars and she's from Venus but our differences will always complement each other.

4. Elisa Resconi:

   If the characterization of the site proves to be excellent, one could consider how a full-scale neutrino observatory might be deployed on a relatively fast timescale thanks to the existing deep-water infrastructure, a neutrino detector array operated in the Pacific would ideally complement IceCube and its second generation at South Pole.

5. Kristin Robertson:

   We didn't design this as a point solution but a very flexible solution that we could outfit with payloads, sensors, different mission sets to complement whatever their fleet is, don't think of it as a specific product that is tailored to do only one mission.