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English adjective: complementary | |||
| 1. | complementary of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other | ||
| Samples | `male' and `female' are complementary terms. | ||
| Similar | antonymous | ||
| Antonyms | synonymous | ||
| 2. | complementary acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) | ||
| Synonyms | complemental, completing | ||
| Similar | additive | ||
| Antonyms | subtractive | ||
English noun: complementary | |||
| 1. | complementary (attribute) either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments) | ||
| Samples | Yellow and blue are complementaries. | ||
| Synonyms | complementary color | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | ||
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