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| 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, antagonist, approximation, companion, competitor, complement, copy, correlate, dead ringer*, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, mate, opponent, parallel, peer, replica, rival, spitting image*, twin, analogue, countertype, lookalike, ringer |
| Antonyms: | clash, difference, imbalance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | couple |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, combination, duet, marriage, pair, partnership, union, espousal, mating, pairing |
| Antonyms: | mismatch |
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, shape, square, suit, tailor, come around, get act together, grow used to, play the game, roll with punches, shape up |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| Main Entry: | adversary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opponent |
| Synonyms: | antagonist, attacker, bandit, competitor, contestant, enemy, foe, match, rival, bad person, opposer, opposite number, oppugner |
| Antonyms: | ally, assistant, backer, friend, helper, helpmate, supporter |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | antagonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person causing problem |
| Synonyms: | adversary, bandit*, competitor, enemy, foe, match, opponent, rival, angries, bad person, contender, crip, opposer, opposite number, oppugnant |
| Antonyms: | ally, protagonist, supporter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, be like, be similar to, come near, lie near, lie next to, verge on |
| Antonyms: | not touch |
| Main Entry: | classify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, brand, break down, button down, catalogue, class, codify, collocate, coordinate, correlate, dispose, distinguish, distribute, divide, docket, embody, file, grade, group, incorporate, index, label, match, name, number, order, organize, peg*, pigeonhole*, put away, put down as, put down for, range, rank, rank out, rate, regiment, segregate, size, size up, sort, systematize, tab, tabulate, tag, take one's measure, ticket, type, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coincide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go along with; coexist |
| Synonyms: | accompany, accord, acquiesce, agree, befall, come about, concert, concur, correspond, equal, eventuate, harmonize, identify, jibe, match, square, synchronize, tally, be concurrent, be the same, occur simultaneously, quadrate, sync |
| Antonyms: | clash, deviate, differ, disagree, diverge, mismatch |
| Main Entry: | collate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sort collection |
| Synonyms: | adduce, assemble, bracket, collect, compare, compose, contrast, examine, gather, group, match, order, relate, verify, analogize |
| Main Entry: | come up to |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meet expectations |
| Synonyms: | approach, arrive, equal, extend, match, reach, resemble, rival, admit of comparison with, bear comparison with, come near, compare with, get near, measure up to, rank with, stand comparison with |
| Main Entry: | companion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | helper, friend |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, accomplice, aide, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, buddy, chaperon, colleague, complement, comrade, concomitant, confederate, consort, convoy, counterpart, cousin, crony, double, escort, guide, match, mate, nurse, pal, partner, playmate, protector, safeguard, sidekick, co-worker, comate, cuz, pard, roomie |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe, foreigner, opponent, stranger |
| Main Entry: | competition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contest |
| Synonyms: | antagonism, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, contention, controversy, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, go for it, jungle*, match, meeting, opposition, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race*, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, warfare, athletic event, concours, counteraction, do or die, dog eat dog, emulation, go for the gold, horse race, matchup, one on one, one-upping, pairing off, tug-of-war |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, respond in retaliation |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, cross, dash, disappoint, foil, frustrate, hinder, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, counterwork, fly in the face of, have bone to pick, hit back, play off, ward off |
| Main Entry: | couple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join two things |
| Synonyms: | bracket, buckle, clasp, coalesce, cohabit, connect, copulate, harness, hitch, link, marry, match, pair, unite, wed, yoke, bring together, come together, conjoin, conjugate, hook up |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disjoin, divide, separate, unbuckle, uncouple |
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion of issues; consideration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, altercation, argument, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, reflection, tiff, words, wrangle, argumentation, blah-blah, controverting, mooting, polemic, rebutting, refuting |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
| Main Entry: | double |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something which exactly resembles another |
| Synonyms: | angel, clone, companion, coordinate, copy, counterpart, dead ringer*, duplicate, image, match, mate, picture, portrait, reciprocal, replica, spitting image*, stand-in*, twin, impersonator, lookalike, ringer, simulacrum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dovetail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | link, fit together |
| Synonyms: | accord, agree, check out, coincide, conform, correspond, go, harmonize, interlock, jibe, join, match, square, tally, unite, mortise, sync, sync up, tenon |
| Antonyms: | disconnect, disunite, unlink |
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