Suffice it to say that, after all, this won't do.
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Suffice
//səˈfaɪs//
Synonyms for "suffice" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 49 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀρκέω verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Arabic
1 entries- كَفَى verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Armenian
4 entries- բավականացնել verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- բավարարել verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- բավարարել verb (satisfy)
- հերիքել verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Assamese
1 entries- কুলা verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- bəs etmək verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- bəs olmaq verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- kifayət etmək verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- kifayət olmaq verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Belarusian
2 entries- хапа́ць verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- хапі́ць verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Bulgarian
3 entries- достатъчен съм verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- задоволявам verb (satisfy)
- стигам verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Burmese
2 entries- တော် verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- လောက် verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Catalan
1 entries- bastar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 使滿足 /使满足 verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- 夠 /够 verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- 足夠 /足够 verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Czech
1 entries- stačit verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Danish
2 entries- holde verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- være tilstrækkelig verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Dutch
4 entries- genoeg zijn verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- toereiken verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- voldoen verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- voldoen (aan) verb (satisfy)
Esperanto
1 entries- sufiĉi verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Finnish
4 entries- kelvata verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- menetellä verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- piisata verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- riittää verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
French
1 entries- suffire verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Galician
4 entries- abastar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- abastar verb (satisfy)
- abastar verb (furnish)
- abondar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Georgian
2 entries- კმარა verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- ყოფნა verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
German
4 entries- ausreichen verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- ausstatten verb (furnish)
- befriedigen verb (satisfy)
- genug sein verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Greek
2 entries- αρκώ verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- φτάνω verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Higaonon
1 entries- tagbaw verb (satisfy)
Hindi
2 entries- काफ़ी होना verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- पूरा पड़ना verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Hungarian
4 entries- elegendő verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- ellát verb (furnish)
- elmegy verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- elég verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Interlingua
2 entries- bastar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- sufficer verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Italian
4 entries- bastare verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- essere sufficiente verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- fornire verb (furnish)
- soddisfare verb (satisfy)
Japanese
2 entries- 足りる verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- 足る verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Korean
1 entries- 충분하다 verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Ladino
1 entries- abastar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Neapolitan
1 entries- abbastà verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Norwegian
1 entries- rekke verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- holde verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- halde verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Oromo
1 entries- ga'uu verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Persian
1 entries- کفایت کردن verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Polish
4 entries- wystarczać verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- wystarczać verb (satisfy)
- wystarczyć verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- wystarczyć verb (satisfy)
Portuguese
4 entries- atender verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- bastar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- chegar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- satisfazer verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Quechua
2 entries- aypay verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- puchuy verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Romanian
1 entries- ajunge verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Russian
4 entries- быть доста́точным verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- удовлетвори́ть verb (satisfy)
- удовлетворя́ть verb (satisfy)
- хвата́ть verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- foghain verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- dostajati verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- dostati verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- достати verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Slovak
1 entries- stačiť verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Spanish
4 entries- abastar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- alcanzar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- bastar verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- pasar piola verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Swahili
1 entries- tosha verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Swedish
3 entries- förslå verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- räcka verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- vara tillräcklig verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Tamil
4 entries- காண் verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- பற்று verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- போது verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- போரு verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́стати verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- ви́стачити verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- вистава́ти verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- вистача́ти verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Vietnamese
2 entries- là đủ verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
- đủ verb (be enough, sufficient, adequate)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
This is a question to which a simple answer of "yes" or "no" will not suffice.
Source: tatoeba (503452)
In Japan you tend to use your personal seal, but actually a signature would often suffice.
Source: tatoeba (509594)
For a language to be international, it does not suffice to say that it is so.
Source: tatoeba (550923)
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