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

And as climate change supercharges hurricanes, which are fueled by warm water and air, the sufficiency of the system's five categories is increasingly coming into question. —Alec Luhn, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024

The company, sanctioned by the U.S., is positioning itself at the forefront of China’s drive for self sufficiency. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024

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