Complementary
Complementary adjective - Related to each other in such a way that one completes the other.
Usage example: the complementary contributions of the cooking and cleanup committees were essential to the success of the church barbecue
Joint and complementary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Joint" instead an adjective "Complementary".
Joint
Joint adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.
Complementary and joint are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complementary" instead an adjective "Joint".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fellow and complementary
- fellow and joint
- associated and complementary
- associated and joint
- common and complementary
- common and joint
- connected and complementary
- connected and joint
- shared and complementary
- shared and joint
- mutual and complementary
- mutual and joint
- concomitant and complementary
- concomitant and joint
Both words in one sentence
- Insofar as this trope tends to rely heavily on binary gender stereotypes, it also functions (in a somewhat complicated way) as a Super Trope of several other Gender and Sexuality Tropes: expect regular joint appearances by complementary tropes such as All Men Are Perverts and All Women Are Prudes.
Source: Mars-and-Venus Gender Contrast
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