COUNTERPART Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

counterpart

noun

ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpärt

Definition of counterpart

as in equivalent

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value she worked with her counterpart in the other office to get the job done

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as in twin

something or someone that strongly resembles another the daughter is her mother's counterpart in somewhat reduced form

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Recent Examples of counterpart Hybrid models tend to cost more than their gas counterparts due to their unique mechanical components. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 The governor’s safety officials should meet with their counterparts in New York to understand their training, and the mechanics of launching a similar program here. — Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Goalies are notoriously unpredictable, and their star can often burn out much faster than their skater counterparts. — Janson Duench, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 In a statement to NPR, the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA and CDC, said that the Human Foods Program staff who work with foreign regulatory counterparts had been reinstated. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for counterpart

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Noun

The states, the WGA and Paramount later entered a stipulation to delay the merger — the functional equivalent of a preliminary injunction — which did not include any bond requirement.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
For services businesses, the equivalent is software subscriptions and vendor contracts that renewed automatically last year and will renew again this year unless someone actually looks.

— Nick Chandi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of equivalent

Noun

Women carrying twins or more babies at once also had substantially higher rates than those carrying one baby.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Taken together, these inputs—real geometry, real traffic, and each vehicle’s live GPS position—constitute what network researchers call a digital twin of the urban environment.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of twin

Noun

Quotes from Yankee greats make up the park’s signage, and Elston Howard Field was created as a replica of a stadium that stood for 85 years.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
There is a replica that was made for the Larry David series by designer Christina Mongini, Sweet reported.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of replica

Noun

But there is a deeper question of why a modern tech company, especially an AI company, would need to soften their image with cotton and canvas.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Granted, save for one image on a TV screen, no one wears a Green Lantern mask or outfit in the Lanterns pilot, but the wheels of its story have been in motion for decades by the time its premise unfolds.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of image

Noun

In practice, Ogunyemi argues, only a small number of people may regularly take advantage of an open-door policy, leaving leaders with an incomplete picture of what is happening across the organization.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, Dorothea Lange’s 1936 picture of migrant Florence Owens Thompson and her children, is widely regarded as one of the most iconic photographs of the Dust Bowl period of the Great Depression.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of picture

Noun

Kristinka Lazar, for example, used the time as an artistic residency to create a collection of paintings called The Gift of Being Seen, featuring 45 portraits of local villagers.

— Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
Watermelon was founded in 2024 by brothers Badie and Hamza Ali to present more complex portraits of Palestinians and Arabs.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

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