match
noun
[ matʃ ]
• a contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport.
• "a boxing match"
Similar:
contest,
competition,
game,
tournament,
tie,
cup tie,
event,
fixture,
trial,
test,
test match,
meet,
bout,
fight,
duel,
quarter-final,
semi-final,
final,
Cup Final,
friendly,
derby,
local derby,
play-off,
replay,
rematch,
clash,
playdown,
split,
mill,
tourney,
• a person or thing that is equal to another in quality or strength.
• "they were no match for the mercenaries"
• a person or thing that resembles or corresponds to another.
• "the child's identical twin would be a perfect match for organ donation"
Similar:
replica,
copy,
lookalike,
double,
twin,
duplicate,
equivalent,
facsimile,
like,
mate,
fellow,
companion,
counterpart,
pair,
complement,
spitting image,
spit and image,
spit,
dead spit,
ringer,
dead ringer,
• a person viewed in regard to their eligibility for marriage, especially as regards class or wealth.
• "he was an unsuitable match for any of their girls"
match
verb
• correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.
• "I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath"
Similar:
go with,
coordinate with,
complement,
harmonize with,
blend with,
tone with,
team with,
be the same as,
be similar to,
suit,
be a pair,
be a set,
be the same,
go together,
correspond,
be in agreement,
tally,
agree,
match up,
coincide,
accord,
conform,
square,
harmonize,
be consonant,
be compatible,
corresponding,
equivalent,
parallel,
analogous,
coordinating,
complementing,
complementary,
harmonizing,
blending,
toning,
harmonious,
the same,
paired,
twin,
coupled,
double,
duplicate,
identical,
(all) of a piece,
like,
like (two) peas in a pod,
alike,
comparable,
similar,
correlative,
congruent,
tallying,
agreeing,
concordant,
consonant,
• be equal to (something) in quality or strength.
• "his anger matched her own"
Similar:
equal,
be equal to,
be the equal of,
be a match for,
measure up to,
compare with,
parallel,
be in the same league as,
be in the same category as,
be on a par with,
touch,
keep pace with,
keep up with,
emulate,
rival,
vie with,
compete with,
contend with,
hold a candle to,
• place (a person or group) in competition with another.
• "the big names were matched against nobodies"
Similar:
draw against,
set against,
pit against,
play off against,
Origin:
Old English gemæcca ‘mate, companion’, of West Germanic origin; related to the base of make.
match
noun
• a short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface.
• "he struck a match against the wall"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘wick of a candle’): from Old French meche, perhaps from Latin myxa ‘spout of a lamp’, later ‘lamp wick’.
