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matchnoun a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prizea chess match bout, competition, contest, event, game, matchup, meet, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tournament, tourney athletics, sportbattle, conflict, scrimmage, skirmish, struggle, tug-of-war, tusslechampionship, national(s)final, nightcap, play-off, semifinalderby, field day, gymkhana, open, outingbiathlon, decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, triathlonmarathon, race, ultramarathonheat, round, run, setrally, volleyround-robin, rubber, runoff, sudden deathdead heat, photo finish, seesawclassic a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two peoplefrom all appearances those two have got a good match there conjugality, connubiality, marriage, matrimony, wedlock monogamybigamy, polyandry, polygamy, polygynyintermarriage, miscegenation, mixed marriage, remarriagecohabitation, common-law marriagecivil union, domestic partnershipattachment, commitment, relationshipbetrothal, engagement, espousal, hand, pledge, promise, proposal, troth annulment, divorce, separation either of a pair matched in one or more qualitiesI can't find the match to this sock companion, fellow, half, mate, twin coordinatecoequal, counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer, rivalcarbon copy, double, duplicate, facsimile, identical twin, likeness, mirror image, replica, ringeranalogue(or analog), similarity antipode, antithesis, contrary, converse, opposite, reverse one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or valuefor a wife he wants a woman who will be his match in every aspect of their lives coequal, compeer, coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, parallel, peer, rival analogue(or analog)double, half, mate, twinassociate, colleague, companion, copartner, partnercompetitor something or someone that strongly resembles anotherErin is so nearly my exact match you'd think she must be my twin and not just my cousin alter ego, carbon, carbon copy, clone, counterpart, doppelgänger(or doppelganger), double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fetch, image, likeness, look-alike, mirror image, picture, replica, ringer, spit, spitting image, twin Chinese copyeffigy, portrait, portrayalcompanion, fellow, mateequal, equivalentanalogue(or analog), parallel antithesis, converse, opposite, reverse an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherthe discussion soon degenerated into a pointless shouting match ball game, battle, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, rivalry, strife, struggle, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tug-of-war, war, warfare horse race, nail-bitershowdownclash, collision, discord, frictionargument, controversy, debate, disagreement, disputation, dispute, dissension(also dissention), quarrel, row, wrangle concord, harmony, peace matchverbto be the exact counterpart ofdoes this handbag's shade of blue match my navy blue pants? the rare blood type that exactly matched that of the transplant recipient correspond (to), equal, parallel blend (with), conform (to), coordinate (with), go (with), harmonize (with)complement, supplementcounterbalance, counterpoiseecho, image, mirror, repeatadd up (to), amount (to), approach, come (to), nearmeasure (up), partake (of), rival, suggest to give in marriagethey were happy to match their daughter to a man from a good family to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)no one has ever been able to match that novel for its portrayal of the horrors of war equal, meet, tie beat, better, eclipse, excel, outdistance, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcendamount (to), approach, touchapproximate, keep up, measure up (to), parallel, rival, stack up (against or with) before the 12th century |