100 Best Synonyms for “Adequate”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	acceptable	good enough to allow
2.	accurate enough	correct enough for use
3.	adapted	made suitable for use
4.	aligned	properly matched or suited
5.	all right	acceptable though not outstanding
6.	appropriate	suitable in the circumstances
7.	apt	suitable or fitting
8.	average	typical and acceptable
9.	balanced	properly proportioned
10.	barely enough	only just sufficient
11.	befitting	appropriate and suitable
12.	broad enough	wide enough in scope
13.	capable	able to do what is needed
14.	clear enough	sufficiently clear to understand
15.	close enough	sufficiently near or accurate
16.	commensurate	matching what is required
17.	competent	having enough ability or quality
18.	complete enough	sufficiently complete for use
19.	comprehensive enough	broad enough for needs
20.	creditable	good enough to deserve approval
21.	decent	good enough in quality
22.	definite enough	clear and certain enough
23.	dependable enough	reliable enough for needs
24.	detailed enough	having enough detail
25.	doable	possible and manageable
26.	durable enough	lasting enough for use
27.	effective	producing the needed result
28.	enough	as much as needed
29.	equal to	capable of meeting demands
30.	exact enough	sufficiently accurate
31.	explicit enough	stated clearly enough
32.	extensive enough	large enough in range
33.	fair	reasonably good or acceptable
34.	firm enough	strong enough for use
35.	fit	suitable or proper
36.	fitting	right and suitable
37.	full enough	sufficiently full or complete
38.	functional	working well enough
39.	garden-variety	ordinary and acceptable
40.	good enough	adequate though not exceptional
41.	in good enough shape	acceptable condition for use
42.	in order	acceptable and proper
43.	in shape	good enough condition
44.	in working order	working properly enough
45.	just enough	barely sufficient amount
46.	justifiable	able to be reasonably defended
47.	large enough	sufficient in size
48.	manageable	able to be handled
49.	matching	corresponding well enough
50.	meet	suitable; proper
51.	middling	moderately good; fairly acceptable
52.	middlingly good	fairly good; acceptable
53.	minimum	the least acceptable amount
54.	moderate	not excessive, but enough
55.	modest	limited but sufficient
56.	near enough	close enough to suffice
57.	not bad	acceptable though not great
58.	not too bad	fairly acceptable
59.	okay	acceptable or good enough
60.	operative	working and effective enough
61.	ordinary	not special but acceptable
62.	passable	good enough, though not excellent
63.	plain enough	clear and simple enough
64.	practical enough	useful and workable enough
65.	precise enough	exact enough for purpose
66.	prepared	made ready enough
67.	proper	suitable and acceptable
68.	qualified	having the needed ability
69.	ready	suitably prepared for use
70.	reasonable	fairly acceptable or sufficient
71.	relevant	closely connected and suitable
72.	requisite	required and sufficient
73.	respectable	good enough to be acceptable
74.	robust enough	strong enough for demands
75.	routine	normal and sufficient
76.	run-of-the-mill	ordinary but acceptable
77.	satisfactory	good enough to meet expectations
78.	serviceable	usable and fit for purpose
79.	solid	reliably good enough
80.	sound	reliable and acceptable
81.	sufficient	enough for the purpose
82.	sufficing	being enough for needs
83.	suitable	right for the purpose
84.	sustaining	enough to support or maintain
85.	tenable	able to be defended
86.	thorough enough	sufficiently careful and complete
87.	to the point	relevant and sufficient
88.	tolerable	able to be accepted
89.	unexceptional	not special but acceptable
90.	unremarkable	not notable but acceptable
91.	up to par	meeting the expected level
92.	up to scratch	meeting expected quality
93.	up to standard	meeting the required level
94.	usable	able to be used
95.	valid enough	acceptable as sound or true
96.	viable	able to work successfully
97.	warranted	justified by the circumstances
98.	well enough	sufficiently well
99.	well-suited	especially suitable
100.	workable	practical and good enough