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

1 sense of complementary

Sense 1
complementary color, complementary -- (either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries")
       => chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour -- (a color that has hue)

Antonyms of adj complementary

2 senses of complementary

Sense 1
complementary -- (of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms")

INDIRECT (VIA antonymous) -> synonymous -- ((of words) meaning the same or nearly the same)

Sense 2
complemental, complementary, completing -- (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))

INDIRECT (VIA additive) -> subtractive -- (constituting or involving subtraction; "a subtractive correction")

Similarity of adj complementary

2 senses of complementary

Sense 1
complementary -- (of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms")
       => antonymous (vs. synonymous) -- (of words: having opposite meanings)

Sense 2
complemental, complementary, completing -- (acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole))
       => additive (vs. subtractive) -- (characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process")