Complementary and Intercalary

Complementary

Complementary adjective - Related to each other in such a way that one completes the other.

Intercalary and complementary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intercalary" instead an adjective "Complementary".

Intercalary

Intercalary adjective - Having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day".
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Synonyms for Intercalary

Complementary and intercalary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complementary" instead an adjective "Intercalary".

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