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supplement
Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
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  1. Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
  2. A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.
  3. A section added to a book or document to give further information or to correct errors.
correlative
A thing closely related to something else
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  1. A thing closely related to something else
  2. (Grammar) A correlative word or expression.
  3. (Grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbal form, in Esperanto regularly formed, indicating 'which?', 'that', 'some', 'none', and 'every', as applied to people, things, type, place, manner, reason, time, or quantity, as: kiu ‘who’ (which person?), iu ‘someone’ (some person), tie ‘there’ (that place), ĉie ‘everywhere’ (all places), etc.
counterpart
A thing which, when added to another, completes or complements it
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  1. A thing which, when added to another, completes or complements it
  2. A duplicate of a legal document.
  3. One that has the same functions and characteristics as another; a corresponding person or thing:
totality
An aggregate quantity obtained by addition
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  1. An aggregate quantity obtained by addition
  2. The fact or condition of being total; entirety
  3. The time of complete shadow or coverage during an eclipse
wholeness
The quality of something considered as a whole.
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  1. The quality of something considered as a whole.
entirety
The state of being entire or complete; wholeness:
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  1. The state of being entire or complete; wholeness:
  2. Wholeness; fullness; the whole.
  3. The whole of a thing; something incapable of being divided. The whole of a thing; something incapable of being divided.
balance
A weighing device, especially one consisting of a rigid beam horizontally suspended by a low-friction support at its center, with identical weighing pans hung at either end, one of which holds an unknown weight while the effective weight in the other is increased by known amounts until the beam is level and motionless.
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  1. A weighing device, especially one consisting of a rigid beam horizontally suspended by a low-friction support at its center, with identical weighing pans hung at either end, one of which holds an unknown weight while the effective weight in the other is increased by known amounts until the beam is level and motionless.
  2. Balance wheel
  3. The power or means to decide:
filler
Matter added to some other to increase bulk, improve consistency, etc.
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  1. Matter added to some other to increase bulk, improve consistency, etc.
  2. Something, such as a news item, public-service message, or music, used to fill time in a radio or television presentation.
  3. (Horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.
rest
The condition of being settled or resolved:
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  1. The condition of being settled or resolved:
  2. A period of inactivity, relaxation, or sleep:
  3. The repose of death:
supplement
Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
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  1. Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
  2. A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.
  3. A section added to a book or document to give further information or to correct errors.
accompaniment
Something added for embellishment, completeness, or symmetry; complement.
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  1. Something added for embellishment, completeness, or symmetry; complement.
  2. That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
  3. (Music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
enrichment
The act of enriching or the state of being enriched.
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  1. The act of enriching or the state of being enriched.
  2. The addition of sugar to grape juice used to make wine; chaptalization
  3. The process of making enriched uranium
complete
To bring to a finish or an end:
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  1. To bring to a finish or an end:
  2. To successfully execute or effect
  3. To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts:
round
To take a circular course; complete or partially complete a circuit:
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  1. To take a circular course; complete or partially complete a circuit:
  2. With revolutions:
  3. To complete; finish; perfect
supplement
To provide a supplement to; add to, esp. so as to make up for a lack or deficiency
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  1. To provide a supplement to; add to, esp. so as to make up for a lack or deficiency
  2. To provide or form a supplement to.
Find another word for complement. In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for complement, like: supplement, correlative, counterpart, totality, wholeness, entirety, balance, filler, rest, addition and equal.

Sentence Examples

  • Each of his twenty-four topics has its complement of stories.

  • When painting the kitchen cabinets, Anna picked a color that would complement her floors.

  • On Friday morning Bird Song's full complement of guests were treated to the usual bounty of Cynthia's baking, but with less zip and smiles than most days.

  • A great relationship is found when two people complement, not complete, each other.

  • I would like to ask everyone to raise their glass in a toast to my sister and her new husband, Sarah and Connor; a pair who complement each other perfectly.

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