Synonyms for sufficiency
səˈfɪʃ ən sisuf·fi·cien·cy

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

2. sufficiencynoun

   Quality or condition of being sufficient.

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

3. sufficiencynoun

   An adequate amount.

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

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1. sufficiencynoun

   sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations

   "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy

2. enough, sufficiencynoun

   an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

   "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy

   Antonyms:
   inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency

3. sufficiency, adequacynoun

   the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

   "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

   Synonyms:
   adequateness, enough, adequacy

   Antonyms:
   inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

Matched Categories

1. • Quality
   • Relative Quantity
   • Wealth

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   adequacy, enough, competence, plenty, ample supply

2. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   ability, qualification, capacity

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy, competence

   Antonyms:
   insufficiency, inadequacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "sufficiency":

   adequacy, self-sufficiency, kefaya, complacency, solvency

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1. Elvira Nabiullina:

   The situation is such that we must consider also covering demand for reserves connected with limited access to the markets, (and) with the outflow of capital, for a longer period than is proposed by standard approaches to reserve sufficiency, therefore one of the tasks over the period ahead is to grow the reserves over the course of years.

2. Yang Shuangquan:

   In offshore oil drilling we'd like to cut the reliance on imports by improving the self-sufficiency, (The plan) draws up... major development projects for the oil industries in exploiting natural gas, shale gas and offshore oil. The latter two will remain as China's strategic moves to ensure energy supply.

3. Ken Cuccinelli:

   The principle driving it is an old American value and that's self-sufficiency, it will also have the long-term benefit of protecting taxpayers by ensuring people who are immigrating to this country don't become public burdens, that they can stand on their own two feet, as immigrants in years past have done.

4. Robert D. Richardson:

   Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a paradox, for it is only the strong individual who can frankly concede the sometimes surprising extent of his own dependence.

5. Eusebio Olmedo:

   We have to adapt to climate change, and these are the best varieties to recover food self-sufficiency.