ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCcommensurate
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commensurate
Meaning: corresponding suitably in size, degree, or importance
commensurate in a sentence
How commensurate is used in real sentences:
Her salary should be commensurate with the responsibilities of the position.
The modest prize was not commensurate with the years of work behind the discovery.
“Because public funds would follow the total, officials wanted a result commensurate with actual need, yet the methods' neat totals could belie Dockside's constant movement.”
— from the passage Who Counts in Dockside
“When a senior censor demanded penalties commensurate with each documented offense, rather than collective punishment, Wei remained obdurate and refused to revise the indictments.”
— from the passage The Ledger Conspiracy
Synonyms for commensurate
Other words for commensurate — proportionate, corresponding and equivalent — carry the same meaning.
- proportionate
- corresponding
- equivalent
Antonyms of commensurate
Words that mean the opposite of commensurate:
- disproportionate
- unequal
- mismatched
Where it comes from
From Latin commensuratus, meaning 'measured together.'
Memory hook
COM-MEASURE-ATE: things measured together are commensurate.
Practice commensurate in the app