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

Here, the Kremlin is likely to adopt an approach that corresponds with the Soviet principle of reasonable sufficiency. —Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2015

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