| Noun | 1. | sufficiency - sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"wealth, wealthiness - the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence" | |
| 2. | sufficiency - an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"fill - a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip" | |
| 3. | sufficiency - the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare ampleness - the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency; "the ampleness of her servings more than satisfied his hunger" | |