Standard Lemma guide

commensurate

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/
  • General-American: /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M EH1 N S ER0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 M EH1 N S ER0 IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • commensurate punishments
  • The rewards will be commensurate with the efforts made.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: commensurable, allowable, appropriate, apropos, apposite, apt, comely, commensurate, correct, decorous, expedient, felicitous, fit, fit for purpose, fitting, gainand, idoneous, in line, likely, meet, opportune, proper, right, seemly, sensible, sortable, suitable, tidy, up to standard, compatible, compliant, conformable, conformant, congruent, congruous, consistent, in step, proportionate, uniform

Antonyms: incommensurate, discommensurate, dissimilar, bad, improper, inappropriate, inapt, inept, inopportune, out of line, out of order, out of place, unapt, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable

2

adj

Meaning 2

Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To reduce to a common measure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To proportionate; to adjust.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

corresponding in size or degree or extent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • pay should be commensurate with the time worked

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: incommensurate

History

Etymology

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съизмерим (sǎizmerim) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Bulgarian: съразмерен (sǎrazmeren) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Finnish: vastaava — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Finnish: verrannollinen — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Finnish: yhteismitallinen — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • French: commensurable — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • German: ausgewogen — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • German: angemessen — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • German: entsprechend — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • German: im Einklang stehend — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Greek: ισόμετρος (isómetros) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Greek: ανάλογος (análogos) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Irish: de réir — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Irish: ar cóimhéid — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Japanese: 比例した (hireishita) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Korean: 비례(比例)하다 (biryehada) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Latvian: samērojams — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Macedonian: сразмерен (srazmeren) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Macedonian: сомерлив (somerliv) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Polish: współmierny — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Russian: соразме́рный (sorazmérnyj) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Russian: соизмери́мый (soizmerímyj) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Russian: соотве́тственный (sootvétstvennyj) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Russian: сопостави́мый (sopostavímyj) — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Spanish: conmensurado — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Spanish: conmensurativo — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Swedish: kommensurabel — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Turkish: oranlı — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard
  • Turkish: orantılı — proportionate; of a similar measurable standard