Antonyms for complement
ˈkɒm plə mənt; -ˌmɛntcom·ple·ment

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1. complement

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, abatement, detraction, defalcation, diminution, drawback

   Synonyms:
   completion, fulfilment, totality, supply, counterpart, correlative

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1. complementnoun

   a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

2. complementnoun

   a complete number or quantity

   "a full complement"

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

3. complement, full complementnoun

   number needed to make up a whole force

   "a full complement of workers"

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

4. complement, accompanimentnoun

   something added to complete or embellish or make perfect

   "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"

   Synonyms:
   co-occurrence, full complement, accompaniment, support, attendant, backup, musical accompaniment, escort, concomitant

5. complementnoun

   one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

6. complementverb

   either of two parts that mutually complete each other

   Synonyms:
   full complement, accompaniment

7. complementverb

   make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to

   "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

How to use complement in a sentence?

1. Europe Rich Waterworth:

   We’re also in talks to establish a third data center in Europe to further complement our planned operations in Ireland. European TikTok user data will begin migrating this year, continuing into 2024.

2. North Korea.Baucus:

   (TPP was) an economic complement to military planning in the South China Sea.

3. Charles Allen:

   We’ve got to make sure we have a full complement of judges, but it’s also important that people have a right to a jury, d.C. is an extreme outlier. It’s us and only nine other states where people don’t even have a right to a jury.

4. Horace Mann:

   Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

5. Oklahoma City:

   It's not their full complement of players, and I think we continued to evolve and get better, i think we can hopefully learn and get better from this game. I still think, for us, it's about getting more consistent all the way through.

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