Synonyms for Sufficiency
səˈfɪʃ ən sisuf·fi·cien·cy

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

2. sufficiencynoun

   Quality or condition of being sufficient.

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

3. sufficiencynoun

   An adequate amount.

   Synonyms:
   sufficience

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1. sufficiencynoun

   sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations

   "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy

2. enough, sufficiencynoun

   an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

   "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"

   Synonyms:
   sufficiency, enough, adequacy

   Antonyms:
   inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency

3. sufficiency, adequacynoun

   the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

   "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

   Synonyms:
   sufficiency, adequateness, enough, adequacy

   Antonyms:
   inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

Matched Categories

1. • Quality
   • Relative Quantity
   • Wealth

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   adequacy, enough, competence, plenty, ample supply

2. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   ability, qualification, capacity

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1. sufficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   enough, adequacy, competence

   Antonyms:
   insufficiency, inadequacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "sufficiency":

   adequacy, self-sufficiency, kefaya, complacency, solvency

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How to use Sufficiency in a sentence?

1. Ata Mohammad Noor:

   We needed factories to produce our own ammunition and workshops to repair the aircraft and other vehicles that were given to the Afghan forces, but the international forces did not work to build a foundation, a self-sufficiency in Afghanistan.

2. Pamela Wheelock:

   We need to have enough information about a suspect so that somebody can reasonably use that information to help keep themselves safe, unless we have a sufficiency of information, we’re not actually going to use any suspect information.

3. Krijn Poppe:

   In future we have to feed more people, and agriculture is becoming part of geopolitics, you see in a lot of countries there is interest in local production. In Russia it's influenced by a self-sufficiency policy.

4. Joanna Szostek:

   China's market is much larger, which probably makes self-sufficiency easier for them, china's internet has been isolated from the very early days ; for Russians, the new isolation will be experienced as more of a loss and disruption.

5. Krijn Poppe:

   You see in a lot of countries there is interest in local production. In Russia it's influenced by a self-sufficiency policy, with Saudi Arabia it's driven by food security.