Synonyms for proportional
prəˈpɔr ʃə nl, -ˈpoʊr-pro·por·tion·al

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1. proportionaladjective

   one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion

   Antonyms:
   disproportional, disproportionate

2. proportional, relativeadjective

   properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

   "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"

   Synonyms:
   relative, comparative

   Antonyms:
   disproportional, disproportionate

3. proportionaladjective

   having a constant ratio

   Synonyms:
   relative

   Antonyms:
   disproportionate, disproportional

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1. proportionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical, correspondent

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1. List of paraphrases for "proportional":

   proportionate, commensurate, pro-rata, relative, prorated, pro-rated, ratio, proportion

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1. Jennifer Pedraza:

   We're marching right now because we have to defend the right to protest. Have you seen the videos of the police simply opening fire over the civil population ? And that's not proportionate, that's nowhere near a proportional use of military force.

2. Alex Carey:

   It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore.

3. Med Jones:

   The integrity of states is ruled by the socioeconomic well-being theory. The degree of the stability of any social system is proportional to the degree of its economic growth and vice versa. Stated differently, the risk to national integrity increases proportionally to the country's economic decline.

4. Brian Jennings:

   We remind the Administration that oil refiners are not the only ones suffering from the economic fallout of the current situation, ethanol producers, and the farmers supplying them corn, are suffering a proportional economic disaster.

5. John Stuart Mill:

   The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.