complementary
adjective
noun, plural com·ple·men·ta·ries.
Origin of complementary
Related Words for complementary
integral, reciprocal, interdependent, equivalent, correspondent, parallel, correlative, fellow, conclusive, corresponding, crowning, integrative, complemental, commutual, completing, interconnected, interrelatedExamples from the Web for complementary
Contemporary Examples of complementary
To an extent, such ambitions are complementary, yet Liana is not interested in “extreme biography.”
He added that “the method is not a better method, but complementary to other methods.”
If galaxy mapping is like doing a population map, the complementary study is like a demographic survey.
According to Sig Gissler, who administered the awards, the two series of stories “were complementary.”
Guardian and WaPo Share Pulitzer: Snowden Hails Victory for “More Accountable Democracy”David Freedlander
April 14, 2014
Between them, the four of them being so complementary, they managed to appeal to almost everyone.
Historical Examples of complementary
The scientific mind and the religious spirit are complementary.
The Mistakes of JesusWilliam Floyd
The complementary story is told of the mandrake in mediæval Europe.
The Evolution of the DragonG. Elliot Smith
Actually, the relations of transmission and encounter are complementary.
Herein is LoveReuel L. Howe
Here we see an area in which the role of the family and the role of the school are complementary.
Herein is LoveReuel L. Howe
But there was a complementary historical truth on the other side.
A History of the United StatesCecil Chesterton