Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun complementarity

2 senses of complementarity

Sense 1
complementarity -- (a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities)
       => ungradable opposition -- (an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other)

Sense 2
complementarity -- (the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other; "the complementarity of the sexes")
       => reciprocality, reciprocity -- (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)