suffice
Meet the need
Suffice means to be enough or adequate for a purpose: A simple apology will suffice.
The phrase suffice it to say introduces a summary statement, implying that more could be said but this much is adequate: Suffice it to say, we won't be going back.
The word carries a slightly formal tone, more common in writing than casual speech.
Meeting the requirement
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
decent · tolerable · serviceable · functional · workable · do · manage · get by
enough
Meeting the requirement
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
passable · decent · tolerable · serviceable · functional · workable · do · manage · get by · make do
satisfy
Meet a need fully
gratify · please · quench · satiate · appease · accommodate · suit · fit · measure up · cater to
- cut itmake it, hack it, pass muster, cut the mustard, make the grade
sufficefall short
Fail to reach standard
fail · come up short · disappoint · miss · dissatisfy
- suffice to sayIntroducing an obvious conclusion
- suffice it to sayPreamble to summary statement
- sufficient conditionWhat ensures a conclusion
- sufficient reasonComplete explanation for existence
sufficient, insufficient, sufficiently, sufficiency, insufficiency, insufficiently, sufficed, self-sufficient, suffices