counterpart
Other half, professionally
A counterpart is the person or thing that corresponds to another in a different context.
The British prime minister is the counterpart of the American president—same role, different system.
She met with her Canadian counterpart to discuss trade.
Documents may be signed in counterparts, meaning identical copies that together constitute one agreement.
The word can also mean a complement or matching half: The left shoe and its counterpart.
Identical reproduction made
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- duplicateExact replica of original
- doubleTwice the amount
- cloneGenetically identical organism
twin · doppelganger · carbon copy · facsimile · mirror image · spitting image · lookalike · reproduction
Comparable equivalent
- analogueSomething functionally similar
- equivalentSame in value or function
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- matchGame between opponents
parallel · homologue · coequal · correlate · peer · opposite number · vis-à-vis · equal
Partner or companion
- other halfInformal term for spouse
- companionOne who keeps company
- complementWhat makes complete
- matchGame between opponents
pairing · duo · consort · better half · obverse · correlative · corollary · pendant
Professional associate
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- peerOne of similar standing
- opposite numberEquivalent person elsewhere
- contactCommunication or physical touch
liaison · collaborator · contemporary · confrere · fellow · compeer · coworker · delegate
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- inverseOpposite in position
- converseEngage in dialogue
- reverseTurn to opposite
foil · antipode · contradiction · negation · polar opposite · flip side · other side · shadow
copy
Identical reproduction made
clone · twin · doppelganger · carbon copy · facsimile · mirror image · spitting image · lookalike · reproduction · simulacrum
analog
Comparable equivalent
- analogueSomething functionally similar
- equivalentSame in value or function
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
match · parallel · homologue · coequal · correlate · peer · opposite number · vis-à-vis · equal · coordinate
mate
Partner or companion
- other halfInformal term for spouse
- companionOne who keeps company
- complementWhat makes complete
match · pairing · duo · consort · better half · obverse · correlative · corollary · pendant · reciprocal
colleague
Professional associate
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- peerOne of similar standing
- opposite numberEquivalent person elsewhere
contact · liaison · collaborator · contemporary · confrere · fellow · compeer · coworker · delegate · envoy
antithesis
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
reverse · foil · antipode · contradiction · negation · polar opposite · flip side · other side · shadow · antagonist
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, inverse
- doublesdouble, doubles, twin, twins, duplicate
- pairspair, pairs, two, duo, duos
- Samenessalike, similar, likeness, resemblance, matching
- work contactscolleague, coworker, teammate, workmate, peer
- Workplace Tiescoworker, colleague, boss, supervisor, employee
counterpartopposite
Reverse or contrary thing
reverse · mismatch · converse · anomaly · antithesis
counterpartunique
Only one exists
one-of-a-kind · singular · unmatched · unparalleled · nonpareil