counterparts

NOUN

match; identical part or thing

Synonyms

STRONG

analogue complement copy correlate correlative correspondent ditto doppelganger duplicate equal equivalent fellow like mate obverse opposite pendant ringer supplement tally twin

WEAK

carbon copy dead ringer look alike opposite number peas in a pod spit and image spitting image two of a kind

Antonyms

STRONG

original

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counterparts

Men who experienced persistent financial adversity also performed worse on cognitive tests at age 53 than their female counterparts.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

Equal-weighted versions of the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 and the Russell 1000 also have outperformed their traditional counterparts recently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Putin's meeting with Pezeshkian comes days after the CIA's director John Ratcliffe made a rare trip to Moscow, with US media speculating he could have discussed Ukraine and Iran with his Russian counterparts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Autistic girls without co-occurring intellectual disabilities tend to be diagnosed significantly later than their male counterparts, often not until adolescence or later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

It means that young black children have continued to make gains relative to their white counterparts.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt