complementary

(kŏm'plə-mĕn'tə-rē, -trē)
adj.

1. Forming or serving as a complement; completing.
2. Supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks.
3. Genetics. Of or relating to a group of genes that act in concert to produce a specific phenotype.
4. Biochemistry. Of or relating to the specific pairing of the purines and pyrimidines between strands of a DNA or an RNA molecule.

complementarily com'ple·men'ta·ri·ly (-tə-rə-lē, -trə-lē, -mĕn-târ'ə-lē) adv.
complementariness com'ple·men'ta·ri·ness n.

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adjective

Forming or serving as a complement: complemental, supplemental. See agree/disagree, part/whole.

adj

Definition: companion
Antonyms: independent, unrelated

IN BRIEF: Serving to make whole.

The champagne was complementary to the delicious lobster dinner.

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See words rhyming with "complementary."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - komplementær, supplerende

Nederlands (Dutch)
complementair, aanvullend

Français (French)
adj. - complémentaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Komplementär-, ergänzend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συμπληρωματικός

Italiano (Italian)
complementare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - complementar

Русский (Russian)
дополнительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - complementario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - komplement-, fyllnads-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
补充的, 补足的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 補充的, 補足的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 보충하는 , 상보적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 補足する, 互いに補足し合う, 補足的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متمم, مكمل, تكميلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משלים‬

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