commensurate
Meanings
Adjective
- corresponding in size or degree or extent
- "pay should be commensurate with the time worked"
Adj
- Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
- Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position
Verb
- To reduce to a common measure.
- To proportionate; to adjust.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Synonyms
apposite, appropriate, apt, comely, commensurate, compatible, compliant, conformant, congruent, congruous, consistent, correct, decorous, expedient, felicitous, fit, fit for purpose, fitting, gainand, idoneous, in line, in step, likely, meet, opportune, proper, proportionate, right, seemly, sensible, sortable, suitable, tidy, up to standard
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
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