Complement and Half

Complement

Complement noun - Something that serves to complete or make up for a deficiency in something else.

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Half and complement are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Half" instead a noun "Complement".

Half noun - One of two equal or nearly equal parts.

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Complement and half are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complement" instead a noun "Half".

Nearby Word: halve

good	good complement	good half
full	full complement	full half
better	better complement	better half
original	original complement	original half
Other adjectives: powerful, entire, large, smaller.

Taxi had a full complement of drivers beyond the half-dozen-or-so actual characters.

Source: Ghost Extras
Red Alert: Station Jove went to condition red when Zelta's entire fighter complement failed to stop Gellimand 3, which by that time was only half an hour away from it.

Source: Literature / The Pentagon War
Their strengths as women can complement each other and offer something different and utterly beautiful that other half may not naturally have but is available to women only.

Source: Analysis / Blue Is the Warmest Color

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