Synonyms for complementary

Noun

1. complementary color, complementary, chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

usage: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries"

Adjective

1. complemental, complementary, completing, inessential (vs. essential), unessential

usage: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

2. complementary, antonymous (vs. synonymous)

usage: of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms"

3. complementary, interchangeable, reciprocal, reciprocal (vs. nonreciprocal), mutual

usage: of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets"