Dictionary Check: complementary
"complementary" is a valid word!
Scrabble
24
points
Words with Friends
29
points
Definition
adjective
of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
Example:
"‘male’ and ‘female’ are complementary terms"
adjective
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
noun
either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
Example:
"yellow and blue are complementaries"
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