| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
Synonyms: |
bout, contest, engagement, event, game, meet, race, rivalry, sport, test, trial |
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterpart, equal |
Synonyms: |
adversary, analogue, antagonist, approximation, companion, competitor, complement, copy, correlate, countertype, dead ringer, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, lookalike, mate, opponent, parallel, peer, replica, ringer, rival, spitting image, twin |
Antonyms: |
clash, difference, imbalance |
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | couple |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, alliance, combination, duet, espousal, marriage, mating, pair, pairing, partnership, union |
Antonyms: |
mismatch |
| Main Entry: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to agreement |
Synonyms: |
affirm, agree, assent, be in tune, concur, conform, correspond, fit, harmonize, jibe, match, square, suit, tally |
| Notes: | something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity) |
Antonyms: |
contest, deny, disagree, withhold |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
Synonyms: |
acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get act together, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, play the game, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, roll with punches, shape, shape up, square, suit, tailor |
Antonyms: |
disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | adversary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
Synonyms: |
antagonist, attacker, bad person, bandit, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, match, opposer, opposite number, oppugner, rival |
Antonyms: |
ally, assistant, backer, friend, helper, helpmate, supporter |
| Main Entry: | agree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be similar or consistent |
Synonyms: |
accord, answer, attune, be in harmony, blend, click, cohere, coincide, concert, concord, concur, conform, consort, correspond, equal, fall in with, fit, get along with, go hand in hand, go together, go well with, harmonize, jibe, match, parallel, square, suit, synchronize, tally |
Antonyms: |
differ |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, approach, approximate, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, become, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch |
| Main Entry: | antagonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person causing problem |
Synonyms: |
adversary, angries, bad person, bandit*, competitor, contender, crip, enemy, foe, match, opponent, opposer, opposite number, oppugnant, rival |
Antonyms: |
ally, protagonist, supporter |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
Synonyms: |
advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
Antonyms: |
depart, distance, go away, leave |