counterpart
Meanings
Plural: counterparts
Noun
- a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
- a duplicate copy
- Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
- A duplicate of a legal document.
- One who or that which resembles another.
- One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
Verb
- To counterbalance.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English conterpart, countre parte (“duplicate of a legal document”), equivalent to counter- + part. Compare Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of partīre (“to divide”)).
Synonyms
counterpart, equivalent, homolog, opposite number, parallel, pendant, similitude, twin, vis-a-vis
Scrabble Score: 15
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