English to English
adjective
- Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
source: Webster 1913
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)
Yellow and blue are complementaries.
source: WordNet 3.0
- One skilled in compliments.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
`male' and `female' are complementary terms.
source: WordNet 3.0
- acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
source: WordNet 3.0
