equivalents
Things considered equal
Equivalents is the plural of equivalent—things equal in value, function, or meaning.
You might ask for the equivalent of a cup in milliliters, or seek the French equivalent of an English idiom.
The generic drug is the equivalent of the brand name.
In chemistry, equivalents measure reactive capacity between substances.
Corresponding person or thing
- analogComparable equivalent
- matchGame between opponents
- twinOne of matched pair
- duplicateExact replica of original
parallel · cognate · correlate · corollary · pendant · opposite number · sister · brother
What takes another's place
- alternativeAnother available choice
- substituteReplacement for another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- surrogateOne acting for another
stand-in · backup · fill-in · spare · interchange · swap · trade · exchange
Exchanged written communication
- similarityState of being alike
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- resemblanceLikeness between things
- parallelEquidistant at all points
analogy · metaphor · comparison · mirror · echo · reflection · homology · affinity
Same status for all
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- equilibriumState of balance
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- evennessUniform, balanced quality
proportion · uniformity · consistency · par · sameness · coequality
counterpart
Corresponding person or thing
duplicate · parallel · cognate · correlate · corollary · pendant · opposite number · sister · brother · mate
replacement
What takes another's place
- alternativeAnother available choice
- substituteReplacement for another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
surrogate · stand-in · backup · fill-in · spare · interchange · swap · trade · exchange · stopgap
correspondence
Exchanged written communication
- similarityState of being alike
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- resemblanceLikeness between things
parallel · analogy · metaphor · comparison · mirror · echo · reflection · homology · affinity · congruence
equality
Same status for all
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- equilibriumState of balance
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
evenness · proportion · uniformity · consistency · par · sameness · coequality
- doublesdouble, doubles, twin, twins, duplicate
- Appraisal Termscomps, analogs, parallels, matches, benchmarks
- dictionariesdictionary, dictionaries, definitions, definition, entries
- dictionary elementsheadwords, entries, definitions, lemmas, etymologies
- solutionssolution, answer, fix, remedy, cure
- patent claimspreamble, body, comprising, consisting of, limitations
equivalentsopposites
Terms with contrary meanings
unequals · disparities · mismatches · imbalances · asymmetries
equivalentsopposites
Terms with contrary meanings
incomparables · incompatibles · contraries · mismatches · apples and oranges
- false equivalenceFlawed comparison of unlike things
- equivalence pointComplete neutralization moment
- semantic equivalenceIdentical meaning between expressions
- equivalence relationThree-property partitioning binary relation
- dynamic equivalenceTranslation preserving effect, not form
- homotopy equivalenceMutual continuous deformation relationship
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