match :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. 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"

pit, oppose, match, play off

v. 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"

equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate

v. 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"

match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

v. 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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equivalent

n. a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"

meet, sports meeting

n. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

knockoff, clone

n. an unauthorized copy or imitation

consort

n. the husband or wife of a reigning monarch

mate

n. informal term for a friend of the same sex

companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate

n. a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke

n. a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"

young buck, young man

n. a teenager or a young adult male

member, fellow member

n. one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"

countryman

n. a man from your own country

colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow

n. an associate that one works with

correct, rectify, right

v. make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"

behave, comport

v. behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

meet, encounter, play, take on

v. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

weather, endure, brave, brave out

v. face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"

get

v. overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish"

surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform

v. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop

v. get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"

balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

v. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

square, square up

v. make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"

organize, organise, coordinate

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

level

v. talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you"

flush, level, even out, even

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"