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Synonyms for match
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This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term match.
Princeton's WordNet
match, lucifer, friction match(noun)
lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
"he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag"
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catch, morning star, mates, couple, equal, daystar, lucifer, friction match, the Tempter, mate, peer, compeermatch(noun)
a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
Synonyms:
catch, mates, couple, equal, lucifer, friction match, mate, peer, compeermatch(noun)
a burning piece of wood or cardboard
"if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode"
Synonyms:
catch, mates, couple, equal, lucifer, friction match, mate, peer, compeermatch, mate(noun)
an exact duplicate
"when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
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lucifer, compeer, better half, teammate, partner, checkmate, equal, fellow, friction match, mates, mate, first mate, couple, peer, spouse, catch, married personmatch(noun)
the score needed to win a match
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catch, mates, couple, equal, lucifer, friction match, mate, peer, compeercatch, match(noun)
a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
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lucifer, apprehension, compeer, equal, collar, gimmick, haul, pinch, catch, friction match, snap, mates, grab, peer, mate, snatch, couple, stop, taking into custody, arrestpeer, equal, match, compeer(noun)
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
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catch, mates, couple, equal, lucifer, friction match, mate, peer, compeercouple, mates, match(noun)
a pair of people who live together
"a married couple from Chicago"
Synonyms:
lucifer, duad, equal, yoke, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, friction match, couplet, mates, brace, mate, compeer, twain, peer, couple, span, catch, duo, distichmatch(verb)
something that resembles or harmonizes with
"that tie makes a good match with your jacket"
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catch, mates, couple, equal, lucifer, friction match, mate, peer, compeermatch, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree(verb)
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
"The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
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equate, ensure, hold in, hit, couple, jibe, accord, consort, tick off, fit, gibe, concur, chequer, hold, moderate, learn, checker, total, mark off, add, add up, twin, go, cope with, condition, assure, scoff, tick, tot, tally, harmonize, suss out, check off, check over, add together, accommodate, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mate, mark, insure, change course, flout, tote up, go over, train, check, hold back, rival, harmonise, equalize, meet, pair, suit, tot up, jib, find out, see, discipline, equalise, sum up, equal, correspond, score, curb, concord, summate, gybe, arrest, stand for, check into, play off, contain, oppose, outfit, conform to, represent, determine, sum, stop, retard, crack, turn back, watch, chalk up, equip, see to it, break, touch, fit in, check out, barrack, rack up, jeer, fit out, agree, pit, delaymatch(verb)
provide funds complementary to
"The company matched the employees' contributions"
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fit, play off, touch, gibe, equate, pair, meet, agree, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, mate, couple, correspond, equalise, oppose, twin, jibematch, mate, couple, pair, twin(verb)
bring two objects, ideas, or people together
"This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
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fit, parallel, play off, touch, duplicate, gibe, equate, copulate, pair, couple on, checkmate, meet, agree, partner off, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, geminate, mate, pair off, couple, correspond, equalise, couple up, oppose, twin, jibeequal, touch, rival, match(verb)
be equal to in quality or ability
"Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
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adjoin, touch, pit, have-to doe with, rival, play off, pertain, couple, concern, fit, stir, tinge, refer, meet, equalize, twin, agree, be, gibe, oppose, tally, equalise, affect, pair, jibe, cope with, equate, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, correspond, come to, advert, impact, partake, extend to, mate, disturb, tint, checkmatch, fit(verb)
make correspond or harmonize
"Match my sweater"
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suit, fit, outfit, play off, touch, gibe, equate, pair, equip, meet, agree, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, fit out, mate, go, couple, correspond, equalise, accommodate, oppose, twin, conform to, jibemeet, match, cope with(verb)
satisfy or fulfill
"meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
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conform to, touch, pit, foregather, gather, fulfill, adjoin, see, rival, suffer, fulfil, meet, couple, equalize, converge, fit, satisfy, receive, agree, oppose, forgather, equalise, encounter, get together, pair, run into, cope with, fill, play, equate, run across, check, equal, play off, tally, assemble, contact, correspond, take on, jibe, mate, come across, twin, gibematch(verb)
give or join in marriage
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fit, play off, touch, gibe, equate, pair, meet, agree, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, mate, couple, correspond, equalise, oppose, twin, jibepit, oppose, match, play off(verb)
set into opposition or rivalry
"let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
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rival, react, touch, pit, mark, pock, play off, equate, fit, meet, couple, equalize, twin, agree, stone, oppose, equalise, counterbalance, pair, contradict, cope with, defend, fight back, equal, gibe, tally, fight, correspond, fight down, jibe, scar, controvert, mate, checkmatch(verb)
be equal or harmonize
"The two pieces match"
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fit, play off, touch, gibe, equate, pair, meet, agree, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, mate, couple, correspond, equalise, oppose, twin, jibeequal, match, equalize, equalise, equate(verb)
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
"let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
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liken, equalize, equal, touch, be, fit, gibe, equate, pair, meet, agree, get even, equalise, check, play off, cope with, tally, rival, compare, mate, couple, correspond, pit, oppose, twin, jibe
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
match(n)
Synonyms:
equal, mate, companion, contest, competition, tally, equality, pairAntonyms:
superior, inferior, mismatch, oddity, disparity, inequalitymatch(v)
Synonyms:
equal, compare, oppose, pit, adapt, sort, suit, mateAntonyms:
fail, exceed, preponderate, surpass, mismatch, dissociate, separate, misfit, misadapt, missort
Editors Contribution
co-incides
to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position
the events coincided
Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017
Dictionary of English Synonymes
match(v. a.)
Synonyms:
rival, be equal tomatch(v. a.)
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adapt, suit, fit, proportionmatch(v. a.)
Synonyms:
marry, give in marriage
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
match(n)
Synonyms:
tally, mate, equal, peer, contest, competition, tournament, tourney, lucifer match, locofocomatch(v)
Synonyms:
rival, equal, cope with, contend, pit, oppose, tally, correspond, be proportionate, adapt, fit, proportion, comport, harmonize, mate, couple, combine, sort, join
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "match":
game, matching, matches, coincide, coincidence, correspond, correspondence, equalize, confrontation, concordance, align, coupling, twinning, pairing, ballgame
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
MATCH
Synonyms:
Aspirin and clopidogrel compared with clopidogrel alone after recent ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack in high-risk patients
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How to use match in a sentence?
I feel definitely more comfortable going into that match than, for example, today, i had never played( McHale) before, so you feel like you don't really know what's going to happen. Earlier, Latvian 11th seed Anastasija Sevastova became the latest player to be stuck down with a viral illness at the tournament. Sevastova was down 5-0 in the first set of her third round match with Estonian 21st seed Anett Kontaveit when she retired. Her departure came less than 24 hours after Venus Williams was unable to continue Venus Williams match on Sunday, also citing a viral illness. Men's third seed Alexander Zverev also said on Monday after losing to fellow German Jan-Lennard Struff that he too had a virus. Among those women still feeling healthy, three-times grand slam champion Angelique Kerber battled back to beat Russian qualifier Natalia Vikhlyantseva 3-6 6-1 6-3. Kerber took a while to warm to her task on a cool morning in the California desert.
The bomber’s target was those government people and local policemen who came to watch the match.
Both Boris and Cameron have described this to me -- Boris claims he won the wrestling match and Cameron claims he won.
Fighting a pandemic is like a team trying to win a soccer match, you can’t win if some players are trying to score an own goal.
I had a match (in January) with the same gene and type of mutation, but the (symptoms) weren't a great match, then I got an email from a third (clinician) who matched and what's interesting is there is a unifying trait.
Translations for match
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- مباراة, عود ثقاب, كبريتةArabic
- шырпыBashkir
- матч, запалкаBelarusian
- мач, кибритBulgarian
- partit, misto, matxCatalan, Valencian
- sirka, zápas, zápalka, odpovídatCzech
- kamp, tændstikDanish
- Spiel, Streichholz, ebenbürtig, Zündholz, passen, übereinstimmenGerman
- ματς, σπίρτοGreek
- matĉo, alumetoEsperanto
- igual, fósforo, corresponder, emparejar, partido, cerilla, coincidir, igualarSpanish
- matš, tikk, tuletikkEstonian
- partida, pospoloBasque
- مسابقه, کبریتPersian
- vertainen, sopia yhteen, yhdistää, vastata, ottelu, tulitikku, matsi, täsmätä, [[olla]] [[yhtä]] [[hyvä]]Finnish
- dystur, svávulpinnurFaroese
- combiner, concorder, match, allumette, accorder, correspondreFrench
- cluiche, lasán, diongbháilIrish
- freagair, leithid, lasadan, thig suas riScottish Gaelic
- foaddanManx
- גפרורHebrew
- माचिसHindi
- megfeleltet, egyezik, megfelel, meccs, gyufa, mérkőzés, megegyezikHungarian
- մատչ, լուցկիArmenian
- korek apiIndonesian
- konkurso, alumetoIdo
- incontro, fiammifero, pari, incontrarsi, partita, gara, simileItalian
- 競技, 燐寸, 合わせる, 試合, マッチ, 合うJapanese
- ასანთიGeorgian
- ឈើគូសKhmer
- 맞다, 시합, 맞추다, 경기, 성냥, 競技, 試合Korean
- شخاتهKurdish
- FixspounLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- alimɛ́tiLingala
- degtukasLithuanian
- шкорче, кибрит, чкорчеMacedonian
- шүдэнз, чүдэнзMongolian
- perlawanan, mancisMalay
- wedstrijd, lucifer, evenknie, gelijke, overeenstemmen, evenaren, match, zwavelstokjeDutch
- likemann, passe sammen, stemme overens, like, jevnbyrdig, kamp, fyrstikk, matchNorwegian
- tsitłʼéłíNavajo, Navaho
- aluquetaOccitan
- dorównywać, dopasowywać, pasować do siebie, pasować, zestawiać, mecz, zapałkaPolish
- palito de fósforo, combate, fósforo, combinar, partida, luta, páreoPortuguese
- ninachaqQuechua
- întâlnire, joc, egală, meci, chibrit, partidă, egalRomanian
- соответствовать, ровня, пара, совпадать, совпасть, матч, спичкаRussian
- žigica, palidrvce, meč, жигица, меч, ши̏бица, палидрвце, šȉbicaSerbo-Croatian
- zápas, zápalkaSlovak
- vžigalicaSlovene
- match, tändsticka, like, vara lika, matcha, passa ihopSwedish
- mechi, kibiritiSwahili
- தீக்குச்சிTamil
- అగ్గిపుల్లTelugu
- гӯгирдTajik
- ไม้ขีดไฟThai
- posporoTagalog
- maç, kibritTurkish
- матч, сірникUkrainian
- đấu, diêm, thi đấuVietnamese
- lümätVolapük
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