counterpart
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/ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/
English
Definitions
noun
- Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.“Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly”
- A duplicate of a legal document.
- One which resembles another
- One which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
verb
- Counterbalance.
Related words
Synonyms
equivalenthomologopposite numberpendantsimilitudevis-a-vistwinpartnermatchingequivalencyparallelequivalencerelativecomplementcorrespondenceconsequentialhomologueinterlocutor