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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, correlative, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, quota, remainder, rest, rounding-off, supplement, total, totality |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration complement means an addition will serve to complete something or form with it to make a whole while a supplement is an addition to something already regarded as complete or whole; complement can also mean 'the full quantity, number, or amount' |
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy, reproduction |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, analogue, carbon, carbon copy, chip off the old block, clone, companion, coordinate, copycat, correlate, counterfeit, counterpart, counterscript, dead ringer, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplication, facsimile, fake, fellow, germination, imitation, knockoff, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, obverse, parallel, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate, reciprocal, recurrence, repetition, replica, replication, repro, ringer, second, similarity, spitting image, stat, twin |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
| Antonyms: | archetype, model, original, prototype |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | match |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterpart, equal |
| Synonyms: | adversary, analogue, antagonist, approximation, companion, competitor, complement, copy, correlate, countertype, dead ringer, double, duplicate, equivalent, like, lookalike, mate, opponent, parallel, peer, replica, ringer, rival, spitting image, twin |
| Antonyms: | clash, difference, imbalance |
| Main Entry: | parallel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complement, correlation |
| Synonyms: | analogue, analogy, comparison, corollary, correlate, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, countertype, double, duplicate, duplication, equal, equivalent, homologue, kin*, likeness, match, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, twin |
| Antonyms: | difference, divergence, opposite, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | analogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parallel |
| Synonyms: | analog, cognate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, equivalent, match, similarity |
| Notes: | analogy is when two different things share characteristics that lead to a comparison between them; an analogue is one of the things compared |
| Main Entry: | correlative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parallel |
| Synonyms: | correlate, correspondent, counterpart, match |
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| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Answer. |
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answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, surrebutter, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription; antiphon, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement., discovery; solution (explanation); rationale (cause); clue (indication)., Oedipus; oracle; return (record).
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| Antonyms: | inquiry |
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