COMMENSURATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Corresponding in size or degree or extent

Example:

pay should be commensurate with the time worked

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

coextensive; conterminous; coterminous (being of equal extent or scope or duration)

commensurable (capable of being measured by a common standard)

proportionate (agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree)

Also:

equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)

Antonym:

incommensurate (not corresponding in size or degree or extent)

Derivation:

commensurateness (the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount)