Synonyms for proportional
prəˈpɔr ʃə nl, -ˈpoʊr-pro·por·tion·al

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1. proportionaladjective

   one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion

   Antonyms:
   disproportional, disproportionate

2. proportional, relativeadjective

   properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

   "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"

   Synonyms:
   relative, comparative

   Antonyms:
   disproportional, disproportionate

3. proportionaladjective

   having a constant ratio

   Synonyms:
   relative

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, disproportional

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1. proportionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical, correspondent

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1. List of paraphrases for "proportional":

   proportionate, commensurate, pro-rata, relative, prorated, pro-rated, ratio, proportion

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1. Francis Rengers:

   Basically, the really high rainfall rates are what controlled the really large response that we saw. And the damage inflicted by the debris flows is proportional to the rainfall.

2. David Payne:

   The Ted Cruz campaign said in response to Manafort's comments : The Cruz campaign's no surprise that Trump's team will lash out with falsehoods when facing a loss to distract from their failure. … We have earned our success by working hard to build a superior organization and are working within the process and rules. Anticipating a fight for every delegate, Ted Cruz was campaigning Monday in California, which holds a delegate-rich primary on June 7. David Payne, a Republican strategist and Vox Global partner, suggested on Monday that Cruz’s efforts to win delegate support will be indispensable if Donald Trump fails to get to 1,237 delegates -- as the candidates would have to compete for them during balloting at an open convention in July. Ted Cruz will be on familiar turf, consider that Ted Cruz is likely to win a handful of the remaining winner-take-all states … coupled with proportional delegate wins for Ted Cruz and Ted Cruz and John Kasich, this makes it mathematically difficult for Donald Trump to win the nomination according to the current convention rules.

3. John Stuart Mill:

   The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.

4. Hassan Rouhani:

   We do not seek the continuation of tension with some European countries, should they be committed to international frameworks and give up their wrong actions, including what they did in Gibraltar, they will receive a proportional response from Iran.

5. Alex Carey:

   It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore.