Antonyms for complement
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun kom-pluh-muh nt; verb kom-pluh-ment |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈkɒm plə mənt; verb ˈkɒm pləˌmɛnt |
Definition of complement
Origin :- late 14c., "that which completes," from Old French compliement "accomplishment, fulfillment" (14c., Modern French complément), from Latin complementum "that which fills up or completes," from complere "fill up" (see complete (adj.)). Originally also having senses which were taken up c.1650-1725 by compliment.
- noun companion, counterpart
- verb complete
- Each of the other five had thirteen 12-inch guns and a complement of 1,000 men.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- The crew of the Avenger is an inconceivable ship's complement for any pirate.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- But with this it could journey to Weald with almost any complement on board.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- She can be worked with a complement of eighteen seamen and three stokers.
- Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
- Your intellects, if properly trained, should be the complement of your chief's.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- To be this "complement" to the world's want is then his mission.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- The preoccupation with form had developed in him as complement of his nature.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- The morality was not so much an offshoot as a complement of the miracle.
- Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson
- We had barely our complement of anchors and cables, still less any to come and go on.
- Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
- The complement of the Victrix had been three hundred, and she'd been a big ship.
- Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
Synonyms for complement
- accompaniment
- accomplish
- achieve
- addition
- aggregate
- augmentation
- balance
- cap
- capacity
- clinch
- completion
- conclude
- consummate
- consummation
- correlate
- correlative
- counterpart
- crown
- enhancement
- enrichment
- entirety
- filler
- finish
- finishing touch
- fulfill
- integrate
- makeweight
- pendant
- perfect
- quota
- remainder
- rest
- round off
- rounding-off
- supplement
- top off
- total
- totality
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