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matchesnounpl. of match a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prizea chess match bouts, competitions, contests, events, games, matchups, meets, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tournaments, tourneys athletics, sportsbattles, conflicts, scrimmages, skirmishes, struggles, tugs-of-war, tussleschampionships, nationalsfinals, nightcaps, play-offs, semifinalsderbies, field days, gymkhanas, outingsbiathlons, decathlons, heptathlons, pentathlons, triathlonsmarathons, races, ultramarathonsheats, rounds, runs, setsrallies, volleysround-robins, rubbers, runoffs, sudden deathsdead heats, photo finishes, seesawsclassics a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two peoplefrom all appearances those two have got a good match there conjugalities, connubialities, marriages, matrimonies, wedlocks monogamiesbigamies, polyandries, polygamies, polygyniesintermarriages, miscegenations, mixed marriages, remarriagescohabitations, common-law marriagescivil unions, domestic partnershipsattachments, commitments, relationshipsbetrothals, engagements, espousals, hands, pledges, promises, proposals, troths annulments, divorces, separations either of a pair matched in one or more qualitiesI can't find the match to this sock companions, fellows, halves, mates, twins coordinatescoequals, counterparts, equals, equivalents, likes, parallels, peers, rivalscarbon copies, doubles, duplicates, facsimiles, identical twins, likenesses, mirror images, replicas, ringersanalogues(or analogs), similarities antipodes, antitheses, contraries, converses, opposites, reverses 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 coequals, compeers, coordinates, counterparts, equals, equivalents, fellows, likes, parallels, peers, rivals analogues(or analogs)doubles, halves, mates, twinsassociates, colleagues, companions, copartners(or co-partners), partnerscompetitors 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 egos, carbon copies, carbons, clones, counterparts, doppelgängers(or doppelgangers), doubles, duplicates, duplications, facsimiles, fetches, images, likenesses, look-alikes, mirror images, pictures, replicas, ringers, spits, spitting images, twins Chinese copieseffigies, portraits, portrayalscompanions, fellows, matesequals, equivalentsanalogues(or analogs), parallels antitheses, converses, opposites, reverses an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherthe discussion soon degenerated into a pointless shouting match ball games, battles, combats, competitions, conflicts, confrontations, contentions, contests, dogfights, duels, face-offs, grapples, rivalries, strifes, struggles, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tugs-of-war, warfares, wars horse races, nail-bitersshowdownsclashes, collisions, discords, frictionsarguments, controversies, debates, disagreements, disputations, disputes, dissensions(also dissentions), quarrels, rows, wrangles concords, harmonies, peaces matchesverbpresent tense third-person singular of matchto 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 corresponds (to), equals, parallels blends (with), conforms (to), coordinates (with), goes (with), harmonizes (with)complements, supplementscounterbalances, counterpoisesechoes, images, mirrors, repeatsadds up (to), amounts (to), approaches, comes (to), nearsmeasures (up), partakes (of), rivals, suggests 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 equals, meets, ties beats, betters, eclipses, excels, outdistances, outdoes, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcendsamounts (to), approaches, touchesapproximates, keeps up, measures up (to), parallels, rivals, stacks up (against or with) |