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match
Overview of noun match
The noun match has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (4) match, lucifer, friction match -- (lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag")
2. (1) match -- (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)
3. (1) match -- (a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode")
4. (1) match, mate -- (an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook")
5. match -- (the score needed to win a match)
6. catch, match -- (a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect)
7. peer, equal, match, compeer -- (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)
8. couple, mates, match -- (a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago")
9. match -- (something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match with your jacket")
Overview of verb match
The verb match has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (17) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree -- (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun")
2. (12) match -- (provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions")
3. (6) match, mate, couple, pair, twin -- (bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project")
4. (5) equal, touch, rival, match -- (be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents")
5. (3) match, fit -- (make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater")
6. meet, match, cope with -- (satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams")
7. match -- (give or join in marriage)
8. pit, oppose, match, play off -- (set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other")
9. match -- (be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match")
10. equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate -- (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun match
9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
match
=> contest, competition
=> social event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
match
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
match, mate
=> duplicate, duplication
=> copy
=> representation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
match
=> score
=> number
=> definite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
catch, match
=> adult, grownup
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
couple, mates, match
=> family, family unit
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
match
=> counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis
=> equivalent
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun match
4 of 9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match
=> fusee, fuzee
=> kitchen match
=> safety match, book matches
=> slow match
Sense 2
match
=> boxing match
=> chess match
=> cockfight
=> cricket match
=> diving, diving event
=> field event
=> final
=> quarterfinal
=> semifinal, semi
=> swimming event
=> tennis match
=> test match, match game, matched game
=> wrestling match
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
=> associate
=> contemporary, coeval
=> stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
=> successor, replacement
=> townsman
Sense 8
couple, mates, match
=> power couple
=> DINK
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun match
9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
Sense 2
match
=> contest, competition
Sense 3
match
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
Sense 4
match, mate
=> duplicate, duplication
Sense 5
match
=> score
Sense 6
catch, match
=> adult, grownup
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Sense 8
couple, mates, match
=> family, family unit
Sense 9
match
=> counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis
Antonyms of noun match
Member Holonyms of noun match
1 of 9 senses of match
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
MEMBER OF: peer group
Substance Holonyms of noun match
Part Holonyms of noun match
Member Meronyms of noun match
Substance Meronyms of noun match
Part Meronyms of noun match
1 of 9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match
HAS PART: matchstick
Meronyms of noun match
1 of 9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match
HAS PART: matchstick
Holonyms of noun match
1 of 9 senses of match
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
MEMBER OF: peer group
Attributes of noun match
Derived Forms of noun match
6 of 9 senses of match
Sense 2
match
RELATED TO>(verb) match#8
=> pit, oppose, match, play off
Sense 4
match, mate
RELATED TO>(verb) match#1
=> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Sense 6
catch, match
RELATED TO>(verb) match#7
=> match
RELATED TO>(verb) match#3
=> match, mate, couple, pair, twin
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
RELATED TO>(verb) match#4
=> equal, touch, rival, match
Sense 8
couple, mates, match
RELATED TO>(verb) match#7
=> match
RELATED TO>(verb) match#3
=> match, mate, couple, pair, twin
Sense 9
match
RELATED TO>(verb) match#9
=> match
RELATED TO>(verb) match#5
=> match, fit
Domain of noun match
Domain Terms of noun match
Familiarity of noun match
match used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun match
9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match
> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter
=> fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming
=> match, lucifer, friction match
=> match
Sense 2
match
> contest, competition
=> game
=> athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
=> bout
=> championship
=> chicken
=> cliffhanger
=> dogfight
=> race
=> tournament, tourney
=> playoff
=> series
=> field trial
=> match
=> tournament
=> race
=> spelling bee, spelldown, spelling contest
=> trial
Sense 3
match
> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter
=> fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming
=> match, lucifer, friction match
=> match
Sense 4
match, mate
> duplicate, duplication
=> backup, computer backup
=> counterpart, similitude, twin
=> match, mate
Sense 5
match
> score
=> bowling score
=> football score
=> baseball score
=> basketball score
=> birdie
=> bogey
=> deficit
=> double-bogey
=> duck, duck's egg
=> eagle
=> double eagle
=> game
=> lead
=> love
=> match
=> par
Sense 6
catch, match
> adult, grownup
=> brachycephalic
=> caregiver
=> catch, match
=> centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist
=> character, eccentric, type, case
=> conservative, conservativist
=> dolichocephalic
=> elder, senior
=> ex-spouse
=> host
=> important person, influential person, personage
=> Jack of all trades
=> liberal, liberalist, progressive
=> liberal
=> militarist, warmonger
=> oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
=> pacifist, pacificist, disarmer
=> patrician
=> pledgee
=> pledger
=> professional, professional person
=> sobersides
=> sophisticate, man of the world
=> stay-at-home, homebody
=> stoic, unemotional person
=> thoroughbred
=> woman, adult female
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> self
=> adult, grownup
=> adventurer, venturer
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> applicant, applier
=> appointee, appointment
=> capitalist
=> captor, capturer
=> changer, modifier
=> color-blind person
=> commoner, common man, common person
=> communicator
=> contestant
=> coward
=> creator
=> disputant, controversialist, eristic
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist
=> entertainer
=> experimenter
=> expert
=> face
=> female, female person
=> individualist
=> inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
=> native, indigen, indigene
=> innocent, inexperienced person
=> intellectual, intellect
=> juvenile, juvenile person
=> lover
=> leader
=> male, male person
=> money handler, money dealer
=> national, subject
=> nonreligious person
=> nonworker
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> percher
=> precursor, forerunner
=> primitive, primitive person
=> religious person
=> sensualist
=> traveler, traveller
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> unskilled person
=> worker
=> African
=> person of color, person of colour
=> Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
=> White, white person, Caucasian
=> Amerindian, Native American
=> Slav
=> gentile
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
=> Aries, Ram
=> Taurus, Bull
=> Gemini, Twin
=> Cancer, Crab
=> Leo, Lion
=> Virgo, Virgin
=> Libra, Balance
=> Scorpio, Scorpion
=> Sagittarius, Archer
=> Capricorn, Goat
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer
=> Pisces, Fish
=> abator
=> abjurer
=> abomination
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder
=> acquaintance, friend
=> acquirer
=> active
=> actor, doer, worker
=> adjudicator
=> admirer
=> adoptee
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
=> advisee
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> affiant
=> agnostic, doubter
=> amateur
=> ancient
=> anti
=> anti-American
=> apprehender
=> appreciator
=> archaist
=> arrogator
=> assessee
=> asthmatic
=> authority
=> autodidact
=> baby boomer, boomer
=> baby buster, buster
=> bad guy
=> bad person
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant
=> bullfighter, toreador
=> bather
=> beard
=> bedfellow
=> bereaved, bereaved person
=> best, topper
=> biter
=> blogger
=> blond, blonde
=> bluecoat
=> bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman
=> bomber
=> brunet, brunette
=> buster
=> candidate, prospect
=> cardholder
=> case
=> cashier
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
=> censor
=> chameleon
=> charmer, beguiler
=> child, baby
=> chutzpanik
=> closer
=> clumsy person
=> collector, aggregator
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
=> complexifier
=> compulsive
=> computer user
=> contemplative
=> convert
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
=> counter
=> counterterrorist
=> crawler, creeper
=> creature, wight
=> creditor
=> cripple
=> dancer, social dancer
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
=> deaf person
=> debaser, degrader
=> debtor, debitor
=> defecator, voider, shitter
=> delayer
=> deliverer
=> demander
=> dieter
=> differentiator, discriminator
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> divider
=> domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
=> double, image, look-alike
=> dresser
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
=> drug user, substance abuser, user
=> dyslectic
=> ectomorph
=> effecter, effector
=> Elizabethan
=> emotional person
=> endomorph
=> enjoyer
=> enrollee
=> ethnic
=> explorer, adventurer
=> extrovert, extravert
=> faddist
=> faller
=> fastener
=> fiduciary
=> first-rater
=> follower
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler
=> friend
=> fugitive, runaway, fleer
=> gainer
=> gainer, weight gainer
=> gambler
=> gatekeeper
=> gatherer
=> good guy
=> good person
=> granter
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer
=> grinner
=> groaner
=> grunter
=> guesser
=> handicapped person
=> hater
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
=> homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
=> homunculus
=> hope
=> hoper
=> huddler
=> hugger
=> immune
=> insured, insured person
=> interpreter
=> introvert
=> Jat
=> jewel, gem
=> jumper
=> killer, slayer
=> relative, relation
=> kink
=> kneeler
=> knocker
=> knower, apprehender
=> large person
=> Latin
=> laugher
=> learner, scholar, assimilator
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw
=> life
=> lightning rod
=> linguist, polyglot
=> literate, literate person
=> liver
=> longer, thirster, yearner
=> loose cannon
=> machine
=> mailer
=> malcontent
=> man
=> manipulator
=> man jack
=> married
=> masturbator, onanist
=> measurer
=> nonmember
=> mesomorph
=> mestizo, ladino
=> middlebrow
=> miracle man, miracle worker
=> misogamist
=> mixed-blood
=> modern
=> monolingual
=> mother hen
=> mouse
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler
=> namer
=> namesake
=> neglecter
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> neutral
=> nondescript
=> nonparticipant
=> nonpartisan, nonpartizan
=> nonperson, unperson
=> nonresident
=> nonsmoker
=> nude, nude person
=> nurser
=> occultist
=> optimist
=> orphan
=> ostrich
=> ouster, ejector
=> outcaste
=> outdoorsman
=> owner, possessor
=> pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
=> pansexual
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser
=> partner
=> party
=> passer
=> personage
=> personification
=> perspirer, sweater
=> philosopher
=> picker, chooser, selector
=> pisser, urinator
=> planner, contriver, deviser
=> posturer
=> powderer
=> preserver
=> propositus
=> public relations person
=> pursuer
=> pussycat
=> quarter
=> quitter
=> radical
=> realist
=> rectifier
=> redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop
=> registrant
=> reliever, allayer, comforter
=> repeater
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver
=> rester
=> restrainer, controller
=> revenant
=> rich person, wealthy person, have
=> right-hander, right hander, righthander
=> riser
=> romper
=> roundhead
=> ruler, swayer
=> rusher
=> scientist, man of science
=> scratcher
=> second-rater, mediocrity
=> seeder, cloud seeder
=> seeker, searcher, quester
=> segregate
=> sentimentalist, romanticist
=> sex object
=> shaker, mover and shaker
=> showman
=> signer, signatory
=> simpleton, simple
=> six-footer
=> skidder, slider, slipper
=> slave
=> slave
=> sleepyhead
=> sloucher
=> small person
=> smasher
=> smiler
=> sneezer
=> sniffer
=> sniffler, sniveler
=> snuffer
=> snuffler
=> socializer, socialiser
=> sort
=> sounding board
=> sphinx
=> spitter, expectorator
=> sport
=> sprawler
=> spurner
=> squinter, squint-eye
=> stifler, smotherer
=> stigmatic, stigmatist
=> stooper
=> struggler
=> subject, case, guinea pig
=> supernumerary
=> surrenderer, yielder
=> survivalist
=> survivor
=> suspect
=> tagger
=> tagger
=> tapper
=> tempter
=> termer
=> terror, scourge, threat
=> testator, testate
=> thin person, skin and bones, scrag
=> third-rater
=> thrower
=> tiger
=> totemist
=> toucher
=> transfer, transferee
=> transsexual, transexual
=> transvestite, cross-dresser
=> trier, attempter, essayer
=> turner
=> tyrant
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier
=> user
=> vanisher
=> victim, dupe
=> Victorian
=> visionary
=> visually impaired person
=> waiter
=> waker
=> walk-in
=> wanter, needer
=> ward
=> warrior
=> watcher
=> weakling, doormat, wuss
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
=> winker
=> withholder
=> witness
=> worldling
=> yawner
Sense 8
couple, mates, match
> family, family unit
=> couple, mates, match
=> marriage, married couple, man and wife
HAS INSTANCE=> Bronte sisters
HAS INSTANCE=> Marx Brothers
Sense 9
match
> counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis
=> match
=> mismatch
=> complement
Meronyms of noun match
9 senses of match
Sense 1
match, lucifer, friction match
HAS PART: matchstick
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
match
=> lighter, light, igniter, ignitor
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 4
match, mate
=> duplicate, duplication
=> copy
=> representation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
match
=> score
HAS PART: point
Sense 6
catch, match
=> adult, grownup
HAS PART: adult body
HAS PART: pubic hair, bush, crotch hair
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 8
couple, mates, match
=> family, family unit
HAS MEMBER: child, kid
HAS MEMBER: parent
HAS MEMBER: sibling, sib
=> kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
HAS MEMBER: relative, relation
HAS MEMBER: clansman, clanswoman, clan member
HAS MEMBER: tribesman
Holonyms of noun match
1 of 9 senses of match
Sense 7
peer, equal, match, compeer
MEMBER OF: peer group
Grep of noun match
boxing match
chess match
cricket match
friction match
kitchen match
love match
match
match-up
match game
match plane
match play
match point
matchboard
matchbook
matchbox
matchbush
matched game
matcher
matchet
matching funds
matchlock
matchmaker
matchmaking
matchstick
matchup
matchweed
matchwood
mismatch
rematch
safety match
slow match
sparring match
tennis match
test match
wrestling match
Antonyms of verb match
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb match
10 senses of match
Sense 1
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> equal, be
Sense 2
match
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> join, bring together
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 4
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 5
match, fit
=> adjust, set, correct
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 6
meet, match, cope with
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> act, move
Sense 7
match
=> join, bring together
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 8
pit, oppose, match, play off
=> confront, face
=> meet, encounter, play, take on
Sense 9
match
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> change
Sense 10
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb match
4 of 10 senses of match
Sense 1
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> consist
=> look
=> answer
=> coincide
=> align
=> correlate
=> parallel
=> twin, duplicate, parallel
=> square
=> corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
=> resemble
=> meet, fit, conform to
=> homologize
=> befit, suit, beseem
=> harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree
=> pattern
=> adhere
=> rhyme, rime
Sense 3
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> mismate
=> mismatch
Sense 5
match, fit
=> balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
Sense 10
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> homologize, homologise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> tie, draw
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb match
10 senses of match
Sense 1
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> equal, be
Sense 2
match
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
Sense 3
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> join, bring together
Sense 4
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 5
match, fit
=> adjust, set, correct
Sense 6
meet, match, cope with
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
Sense 7
match
=> join, bring together
Sense 8
pit, oppose, match, play off
=> confront, face
Sense 9
match
=> adjust, conform, adapt
Sense 10
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> change, alter, modify
'Cause To' of verb match
Derived Forms of verb match
7 of 10 senses of match
Sense 1
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
RELATED TO>(noun) match#4
=> match, mate
Sense 3
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
RELATED TO>(noun) match#8
=> couple, mates, match
RELATED TO>(noun) match#6
=> catch, match
Sense 4
equal, touch, rival, match
RELATED TO>(noun) match#7
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
Sense 5
match, fit
RELATED TO>(noun) match#9
=> match
Sense 7
match
RELATED TO>(noun) matcher#1
=> matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker
RELATED TO>(noun) match#8
=> couple, mates, match
RELATED TO>(noun) match#6
=> catch, match
Sense 8
pit, oppose, match, play off
RELATED TO>(noun) match#2
=> match
Sense 9
match
RELATED TO>(noun) match#9
=> match
Domain of verb match
Domain Terms of verb match
Familiarity of verb match
match used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Sample Sentences of verb match
10 senses of match
Sense 1
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
match
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
equal, touch, rival, match
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
match, fit
EX: They match the cape
Sense 6
meet, match, cope with
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
match
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
pit, oppose, match, play off
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 9
match
*> Something ----s
Sense 10
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb match
10 senses of match
Sense 1
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
> equal, be
=> equate, correspond
=> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> represent, stand for, correspond
=> translate
Sense 2
match
> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> hydrate
=> charge
=> date
=> feed
=> calk
=> fund
=> stint, skimp, scant
=> terrace, terrasse
=> dado
=> innervate
=> offer
=> signalize, signalise
=> extend, offer
=> stock
=> stock, buy in
=> caption
=> tube
=> ticket
=> stock
=> stock
=> rim
=> fret
=> step
=> rail
=> grate
=> capitalize, capitalise
=> alphabetize
=> wharf
=> air-cool, air-condition
=> uniform
=> railroad
=> partner
=> bewhisker, whisker
=> subtitle
=> headline
=> match
=> hobnail
=> wive
=> victual
=> surfeit, cloy
=> heat
=> seat
=> seat
=> ramp
=> arm
=> interleave
=> glass, glaze
=> crenel, crenelate, crenellate
=> causeway
=> canal, canalize, canalise
=> bush
=> brattice
=> furnish
=> slat
=> berth
=> bed
=> computerize, computerise
=> costume
=> bottom
=> rafter
=> tool
=> key
=> fuel
=> provision, purvey
=> yield, give, afford
=> equip, fit, fit out, outfit
=> transistorize, transistorise
=> upholster
=> cleat
=> coal
=> corbel
=> cornice
=> constitutionalize
=> copper-bottom
=> curtain
=> gate
=> index
=> joint, articulate
=> pour
=> pump
=> fuel, fire
=> flood, oversupply, glut
=> toggle
=> patch
=> water
=> leverage
=> tap
=> top
=> reflectorize, reflectorise
=> retrofit
=> border, edge
=> machicolate
=> sanitate
=> hat
=> theme
=> kern
=> shelter
Sense 3
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
> join, bring together
=> ankylose, ancylose
=> connect
=> connect
=> miter
=> ply
=> close up, close
=> anastomose, inosculate
=> match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> match
=> mortice, mortise
=> cog
=> fair
=> scarf
=> rebate
=> rabbet
=> seam
=> bridge
=> close
=> ligate
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> sovietize, sovietise
Sense 4
equal, touch, rival, match
> compete, vie, contend
=> try for, go for
=> play
=> run off
=> race, run
=> rival
=> emulate
=> equal, touch, rival, match
Sense 5
match, fit
> adjust, set, correct
=> proportion
=> modulate
=> temper
=> tune, tune up
=> calibrate, graduate, fine-tune
=> tune, tune up
=> time
=> trim
=> zero, zero in
=> zero
=> readjust, reset
=> attune
=> time
=> set
=> regulate, modulate
=> focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen
=> synchronize, synchronise, sync
=> pressurize, pressurise
=> depressurize, depressurise, decompress
=> match, fit
=> plumb
=> align, ordinate, coordinate
=> harmonize, harmonise, reconcile
=> linearize, linearise
=> justify
=> citify
Sense 6
meet, match, cope with
> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> improvise, extemporize
=> fend
=> hack, cut
=> scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along
=> meet, match, cope with
Sense 7
match
> join, bring together
=> ankylose, ancylose
=> connect
=> connect
=> miter
=> ply
=> close up, close
=> anastomose, inosculate
=> match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> match
=> mortice, mortise
=> cog
=> fair
=> scarf
=> rebate
=> rabbet
=> seam
=> bridge
=> close
=> ligate
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> sovietize, sovietise
Sense 8
pit, oppose, match, play off
> confront, face
=> front, breast
=> take the bull by the horns
=> pit, oppose, match, play off
Sense 9
match
> adjust, conform, adapt
=> readjust, readapt
=> readapt
=> assimilate
=> focus, focalize, focalise
=> acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate
=> match
=> obey
=> square
Sense 10
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb match
Sense 3
match, mate, couple, pair, twin
=> join, bring together
Sense 7
match
=> join, bring together
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Sense 4
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 10
equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 5
match, fit
=> adjust, set, correct
Sense 9
match
=> adjust, conform, adapt
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Sense 1
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> equal, be
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Sense 2
match
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
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Sense 6
meet, match, cope with
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
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Sense 8
pit, oppose, match, play off
=> confront, face
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Grep of verb match
match
mismatch
outmatch
Grep of adj match
matched
matching
matchless
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