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Adjective proportional has 2 senses

proportional, relative - properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
Antonyms: disproportionate, disproportional (indirect, via proportionate)
graduated, proportional - increasing as the amount taxed increases
Antonym: regressive (indirect, via progressive)

Noun proportional has 1 sense

proportional - one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
--₁ is a kind of quantity
--₁ is a part of proportion, proportionality