adequate

Adjective
  1. Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task (synset 300051265)
    "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task"
    also: satisfactory - giving satisfaction
    tells us about: adequacy, adequateness - the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
    similar to:
    same as: equal
  2. Sufficient for the purpose (synset 302344113)
    "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "enough food"; "food enough"
    similar to: sufficient - of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
    same as: enough
  3. About average;
    Acceptable (synset 302088076)
    "more than adequate as a secretary"
    similar to: satisfactory - giving satisfaction
    same as: fair to middling, passable, tolerable

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