sufficient

[suh-fish-uhnt]

adjective

1. adequate for the purpose; enough.

   sufficient proof;

   sufficient protection.

   Antonyms: inadequate, scant, meager

2. Logic.,  (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing.

3. Archaic.,  competent.

sufficient

/ səˈfɪʃənt /

adjective

1. enough to meet a need or purpose; adequate

2. logic (of a condition) assuring the truth of a statement; requiring but not necessarily required by some other state of affairs Compare necessary

3. archaic,  competent; capable

noun

1. a sufficient quantity

Other Word Forms

• sufficiently adverb
• oversufficient adjective
• oversufficiently adverb
• presufficient adjective
• presufficiently adverb
• quasi-sufficient adjective
• quasi-sufficiently adverb
• supersufficient adjective
• supersufficiently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sufficient¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin sufficient-, stem of sufficiēns “supplying,” present participle of sufficere “to supply, suffice,” equivalent to suf- suf- + -ficere, combining form of facere “to do, make”; suffice

Word History and Origins

Origin of sufficient¹

C14: from Latin sufficiens supplying the needs of, from sufficere to _suffice

Related Words

• acceptable 
• ample 
• plentiful 
• satisfactory 
• tolerable