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correspondent - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | correspondent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person communicating in writing |
| Synonyms: | contributor, journalist, pen pal, reporter, writer, epistler, epistolarian, freelancer, gazetteer, letter writer, stringer |
| Main Entry: | alike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, akin, allied, analogous, approximate, carbon copy*, cognate, comparable, concurrent, correspondent, corresponding, dead ringer*, ditto*, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, facsimile, identical, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look-alike, matched, matching, parallel, proportionate, related, resembling, same, similar, spitting image*, uniform, associated, mated, same difference, undifferentiated |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | analogous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeing, similar |
| Synonyms: | akin, alike, comparable, consonant, convertible, correspondent, corresponding, equivalent, homologous, interchangeable, kindred, like, parallel, related, resembling, uniform, undifferentiated |
| Notes: | homologus features are those that were originally the same in evolutionary development but have adapted differently (arms of humans, forelegs of cats, etc.); analogous features are those that resemble one another in function but are traceable back to completely different origins when a comparison is of such a nature that it comprises three terms, then comparable is the word to use; when it comprises four terms, the relation requires the word analogous |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, unlike, unrelated, unalike |
| Main Entry: | coincident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concurring, happening together |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consonant, contemporary, coordinate, correspondent, incident, satellite, simultaneous, synchronous, attending, coinciding, contemporaneous |
| Main Entry: | commentator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
| Synonyms: | analyst, announcer, correspondent, critic, interpreter, observer, pundit, reviewer, writer, annotator, expositor, sportscaster |
| Main Entry: | complementary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | filling, completing |
| Synonyms: | conclusive, correspondent, corresponding, crowning, equivalent, fellow, integral, integrative, matched, paired, parallel, reciprocal, commutual, complemental, completing, completory, correlative, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, interrelating, mated |
| Antonyms: | independent, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | congruous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corresponding, suitable |
| Synonyms: | accordant, appropriate, apt, becoming, coincidental, compatible, congruent, consistent, consonant, correspondent, fit, fitting, harmonious, meet, proper, seemly, sympathetic, concordant |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, incongruous, unsuitable, unfitting, unharmonious |
| Main Entry: | consonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeing, consistent |
| Synonyms: | accordant, agnate, akin, alike, analogous, coincident, comparable, compatible, conformable, congenial, congruous, correspondent, corresponding, harmonious, in agreement, like, parallel, similar, suitable, sympathetic, uniform, according, blending, concordant, in rapport |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, dissonant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, incongruent, inconsonant |
| Main Entry: | coordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | equivalent |
| Synonyms: | alike, correspondent, counterpart, equal, like, parallel, same, tantamount, coequal, correlative, equalized |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, unequal, unparallel |
| Main Entry: | correlation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equating, equivalence |
| Synonyms: | alternation, complement, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, interaction, interchange, match, parallel, reciprocity, relationship, analogue, interconnection, interdependence, interrelation, interrelationship, pendant |
| Antonyms: | difference, disconnection, imbalance, disassociation |
| Main Entry: | corresponding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | equivalent, matching |
| Synonyms: | agnate, akin, alike, analogous, comparable, complementary, consonant, correspondent, identical, kin, kindred, like, parallel, reciprocal, similar, synonymous, answering, correlative, coterminus, interrelated, undifferentiated |
| Antonyms: | disparaging, dissimilar, unlike, differing, mismatched |
| Main Entry: | counterpart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | match; identical part or thing |
| Synonyms: | carbon copy*, complement, copy, correlate, correspondent, dead ringer*, ditto*, doppelganger, duplicate, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, mate, obverse, opposite, spitting image*, supplement, tally, twin, analogue, correlative, look alike, opposite number, peas in a pod, pendant, ringer, spit and image, two of a kind |
| Antonyms: | opposite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equivalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | same, similar |
| Synonyms: | agnate, akin, alike, analogous, carbon*, commensurate, comparable, convertible, copy, correspondent, corresponding, ditto*, duplicate, equal, even, homologous, identical, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, parallel, proportionate, reciprocal, substitute, synonymous, tantamount, correlative, of a kind, same difference |
| Antonyms: | changeable, different, dissimilar, unequal, unlike, mismatched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equivalent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equal, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | carbon copy*, correspondent, dead ringer*, ditto, like, match, obverse, opposite, parallel, peer, reciprocal, spitting image*, substitute, twin, same difference |
| Antonyms: | difference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interchangeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | identical, transposable |
| Synonyms: | changeable, compatible, converse, convertible, correspondent, equivalent, exchangeable, mutual, reciprocal, same, synonymous, commutable, fungible, interconvertible, reciprocative, substitutable, workalike |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar |
| Main Entry: | journalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes about factual events for a living |
| Synonyms: | announcer, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, pencil pusher*, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, writer, broadcaster, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, scrivener, stringer, television commentator |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | newsman/newswoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
| Synonyms: | anchor, announcer, columnist, correspondent, cub*, editor, foreign correspondent, interviewer, journalist, newscaster, war correspondent, writer, anchor man/woman, anchor person, copy editor, ink slinger, investigative reporter, legman/woman, newshound, newspaperman/woman, newswriter, pressman/ woman, stringer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parallel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complement, correlation |
| Synonyms: | analogy, comparison, corollary, correlate, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, kin*, likeness, match, resemblance, similarity, twin, analogue, countertype, duplication, homologue, parallelism |
| Antonyms: | difference, divergence, opposite, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proportionate/proportional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | balanced, corresponding |
| Synonyms: | commensurate, comparable, comparative, compatible, consistent, contingent, correspondent, corresponding, dependent, equal, equitable, equivalent, even, just, reciprocal, relative, symmetrical, uniform, commensurable, correlative, in proportion |
| Antonyms: | disproportionate, irrelevant, imbalanced |
| Main Entry: | related |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | connected, accompanying |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, agnate, akin, alike, allied, analogous, cognate, complementary, concomitant, convertible, correspondent, dependent, fraternal, germane, incident, interchangeable, interwoven, joint, like, linked, mutual, parallel, pertinent, reciprocal, relevant, similar, associated, connate, connatural, consanguine, correlated, enmeshed, in the same category, in touch with, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, intertwined, knit together, of that ilk, tied up |
| Antonyms: | alien, different, disconnected, dissimilar, foreign, unrelated, disassociated |
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