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complemental

complemental

8.2
Helping to complete something by adding what it lacks
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəl/
translation icon : complementario
  • The two studies are complemental, each providing crucial information that the other lacks.

Examples

  • Her skills proved complemental to those of her team members, ensuring their project's success.

  • A complemental nutrient can make a diet more balanced and effective.

  • The new software provides complemental features to enhance user experience.

  • Her complemental skills made the team more effective.

  • A complemental nutrient can make a diet more balanced and effective.

  • Her skills proved complemental to those of her team members, ensuring their project's success.

  • The two studies are complemental, each providing crucial information that the other lacks.

Synonyms

complementary
vscomplemental
30 4.1

A thing that completes and improves another

is about completing something exactly rather than just enhancing it
adjunctive
vscomplemental
9.9

Gives extra support to the main part

focuses on finishing or making whole rather than being merely secondary

Antonyms

disjointed
10 6.0

Not clear or organized, with ideas that jump around

How Complementary

complemental
8.2
integrated
2 3.8
matching
1.9
related
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

complemental positive

Morphology

complemental = complement (transparent) = complement + al

The adjective is a regular formation from 'complement' + '-al' and its meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Complemental comes from the Latin parts com- meaning 'with' and plere meaning 'to fill', the same root you see in complete. So a complemental thing 'fills' what is missing and helps make the whole complete.