Synonyms of sufficiency

sufficiency

noun

sə-ˈfi-shən(t)-sē 

as in acceptability

the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately

the sufficiency of the portions is such that you will leave the restaurant with a full stomach but without doggie bags

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acceptability
• adequacy
• goodness
• amplitude
• fitness
• satisfactoriness
• appropriateness
• tolerability
• suitability
• correctness
• abundance
• surplus
• suitableness
• bountifulness
• rightness
• overabundance
• excess
• seemliness
• copiousness
• properness
• surfeit
• oversupply
• opulence
• plenty
• plenitude
• plentifulness
• plenteousness
• plentitude

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• lack
• shortage
• deficit
• want
• inadequateness
• famine
• dearth
• scarcity
• poverty
• necessity
• paucity
• unsatisfactoriness
• crunch
• need
• rarity
• privation
• meagerness
• scantiness
• scarceness
• poorness
• rareness
• skimpiness
• scantness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of sufficiency

But saying a high replacement rate of a very low income (which is what incomes are right before retirement typically) is surely a poor way to judge sufficiency. —Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024

Beijing would settle for military sufficiency, building armed forces for narrow regional contingencies while devoting most of its resources to domestic needs. —Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018

The 2024 No List focuses on three main areas of tourist impact: overtourism, rubbish production, and water quality and sufficiency. —The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Jan. 2024

Police said Grier has a sufficiency hearing on July 5. —Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024