COORDINATES Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of coordinate

as in reconciles

to bring to a state free of conflicts, inconsistencies, or differences coordinating the plans for the surprise party

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as in blends

to form a pleasing relationship a very meticulous wedding planner, who makes sure that every aspect of the reception—table settings, food, flowers, music, attire—coordinates right down to the last detail

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coordinates

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noun

plural of coordinate

as in equivalents

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value the Nobel Memorial Award for Economic Science is universally regarded as the coordinate of the original Nobel Prizes for peace, literature, medicine, physics, and chemistry

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Recent Examples of coordinates

Verb

The demonstration is intended to show how the system coordinates multiple actions while maintaining context throughout a task. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 One is a zinc protease, where the positive charge of the zinc atom coordinates the peptide bond that’s being broken, key parts of the protease, and a water molecule. — ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 The grid, which supplies and coordinates wholesale power across 13 states and the District of Columbia, faces major challenges as demand, particularly from data centers, outstrips available supply. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Her operation coordinates thousands of employees, hundreds of kitchens, farmers, technology, and distribution, delivering over 600,000 meals each day to children across more than 1,500 schools. — Trevor Noah, Time, 30 Sep. 2026 Buses are equipped with Transit Signal Priority technology, which coordinates with traffic signals to allow more efficient movement through intersections. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Greeks have long adored New Balance for their timeless look that coordinates easily with anything from dresses and shorts to jeans. — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026 An enterprise assistant sits on top of your platforms and coordinates them. — Amirtha Saminathan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Anadolu Efes provides access to its agricultural network and coordinates the partnership with UNDP, MILKist, the cooperatives and participating designers. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Noun

Users submit coordinates of rat sightings (dead or alive) alongside a short report on the setting. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026 Intelligent dispatch software coordinates charging schedules with fleet demands to keep equipment operating without interruption and without relying on the grid. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 Cobalt blue denim coordinates were styled with a grass-green shoulder bag, while prange bell-bottoms were paired with a French blue button-down shirt. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Getting answers requires hunting for clues scattered throughout the text; for example, looking for differences in images on the book’s website and illustrations in the book, or using certain page numbers as map coordinates. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 Because the malware reads those touch coordinates at a low level, protections that normally hide PIN digits from screen readers do not stop this technique. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 As recent writing on dance and cognition suggests, choreography is not simply a map of moving coordinates. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The narrator of The Radiance, also named Ayad Akhtar, is a Pakistani American playwright and novelist who has ostensibly written the books Akhtar has written and shares many of the same biographical coordinates. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 However, its coordinates agree surprisingly well with a contemporaneous description by Ptolemy of a settlement called Claudivium. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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Ted shares an emotional reunion with Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), reconciles with Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) and gets ready to work again with Higgins (Jeremy Swift), Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) and Keeley (Juno Temple).

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026
So is a sales, inventory, and operations planning cadence that continuously reconciles demand, inventory, capacity, and constraints across tiers.

— Jean-Louis Rassineux, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of reconciles

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Complex, which blends five ingredients including olive oil, olive squalane and ceramide NP to support skin moisture and barrier strength.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Bongulo Paneer — cooked in bamboo, served with a coconut and capsicum poriyal that blends peanut chutney, acidic gongura sour cream and fiery gunpowder.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of blends

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The widening gap in French bond yields over their German equivalents has raised questions over whether the European Central Bank would have to take the expensive and politically controversial step of intervening to stabilize the market.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
In the summer of 2026, Ukraine also targeted multiple warehouses belonging to the Russian companies Wildberries and Ozon, which are Russia’s Amazon equivalents.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of equivalents

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The papers are said to have contained highly sensitive information, some likely supplied by Germany’s intelligence partners – so the affair could have serious international ramifications at a time when Europe is facing grave security threats.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
This week, Ukraine also did not receive advanced warning from partners of incoming ballistic missiles, resulting in civilian deaths, according to Ukrainian officials.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of partners

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Joshua Childs, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, said attendance correlates to whether a student is engaged in their academics and in their relationships with peers and teachers.

— Lina Ruiz October 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
The evidence is compelling that leadership effectiveness correlates with business performance.

— Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of correlates

Noun

Even after the setback, young households remained wealthier than their counterparts were before the pandemic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
In more recent times, moreover, the first steps taken by the Third Reich toward the Holocaust began with the economic boycott of the Jews, who were accused of harming the businesses and positions of their Aryan counterparts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Verb

Shift workers, night owls or anyone running late schedules may feel better with a midday or early afternoon session that matches their own rhythm.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
No new date was set to decide whether the city or county, or some collaboration between the two, will run the database that records contacts with homeless people and the system that matches people to housing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026