proportionate

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adjective

In proportion; proportional; commensurable.

Similar
per capitaproportionableproportionalrelativecommensurateharmonioussymmetricalbalanced
Opposite
disproportionatenonproportionateunproportionate
OriginLatin prōportiōnātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveproportionate (comparative more proportionate, superlative most proportionate)

comparative more proportionate · superlative most proportionate

  1. In proportion; proportional; commensurable.

    What is proportionate to his transgression.

    1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC
    1 more example

    “The UK government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our longstanding policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”

    2026 June 28, Josh Halliday, quoting government spokesperson, “Prince Harry may cancel UK family visit after being refused police protection”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Antonyms: disproportionate, nonproportionate, unproportionate

  2. Harmonious and symmetrical.
verbproportionate (third-person singular simple present proportionates, present participle proportionating, simple past and past participle proportionated)

present singular third person proportionates · participle present proportionating · participle past proportionated · past proportionated

  1. transitiveTo make proportionate.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIn proportion; proportional; commensurable.

Opposite
disproportionatenonproportionateunproportionate

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebeing in due proportion

Similar
per capitaproportionableproportionalrelative
Opposite
disproportionate

adjectiveagreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree

Similar
commensurate

adjectiveexhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities

Similar
harmonioussymmetricalbalanced
Also see
adequatebalancedcommensuratecompatiblecompliantconformableconformantcongruentcongruousconsistentconventionalharmoniousin lineper capitaproportionableproportionalrelativesymmetricaluniform

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinprōportiōnātus
  2. Latinprōportiōnātus
  3. Englishproportionate

Borrowed from Latin prōportiōnātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, proportion + -ate.

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Translations

Arabic مُتَنَاسِب
  • مُتَنَاسِب (mutanāsib)proportional
Bulgarian пропорционален, съразмерен
  • пропорционален (proporcionalen)proportional
  • съразмерен (sărazmeren)harmonious and symmetrical
Catalan proporcional, proporcional
  • proporcionalproportional
  • proporcionalharmonious and symmetrical
Dutch proportioneren
  • proportionerento make proportionate
Finnish suhteellinen, sopusuhtainen
  • suhteellinenproportional
  • sopusuhtainenharmonious and symmetrical
French proportionner
  • proportionnerto make proportionate
German proportionieren
  • proportionierento make proportionate
Greek αναλογικός
  • αναλογικός (analogikós)proportional
Hungarian arányos, arányos
  • arányosproportional
  • arányosharmonious and symmetrical
Portuguese proporcional
  • proporcionalharmonious and symmetrical
Spanish alícuota, proporcionado
  • alícuotaproportional
  • proporcionadoproportional
  • alícuotaharmonious and symmetrical
  • proporcionadoharmonious and symmetrical
Urdu متناسب
  • متناسب (mutanāsib)proportional
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APA

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MLA

“proportionate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proportionate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proportionate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proportionate.

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