proportionate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pro=por=tion=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

proportionate, a. [L. proportionatus. See Proportion.].

 Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.  Longfellow.  [1913 Webster]
"What is proportionate to his transgression."  [1913 Webster]

proportionate, v. t. [Cf. Proportion, v.].

 To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

proportionate, adj. = PROPORTIONAL.

Derivative

proportionately adv.

THESAURUS

proportionate

accordant, adequate, affinitive, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, ample, answerable, appertaining, associative, at one, at par, au pair, barely sufficient, coexistent, coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate, comparable, comparative, compatible, competent, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, connective, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, cooperating, cooperative, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, decent, distributional, distributive, drawn, due, en rapport, enough, equal, equal to, equalized, equivalent, even, even stephen, fifty-fifty, fit, good, good enough, half, half-and-half, halvers, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, inharmony, knotted, level, like, like-minded, linking, minimal, minimum, nip and tuck, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on all fours, on even ground, par, particular, per capita, per head, pertaining, pertinent, plenty, plenty good enough, positive, pro rata, proportionable, proportional, prorated, quits, reconcilable, referable, referring, relating, relational, relative, respective, satisfactory, satisfying, self-consistent, several, square, stalemated, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, symbiotic, sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous, tied, unanimous, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, up to

ROGET THESAURUS

proportionate

Relation

N relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.