counterpart
counterpart is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 28 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.
- 2.A person who closely resembles another.
- 3.A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which suplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite. O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- against
- and
- antarctic
- antipodal
- antipodes
- antonym
- arctic
- asunder
- contraposition
- contrariety
- converse
- diametrically
- face
- facing
- inverse
- inversion
- opposite
- opposition
- over
- polarity
- reverse
- septentrional
- side
- subcontrary
- subtend
- the
- vis
- way
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is counterpart.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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