COUNTERPARTS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

counterparts

noun

plural of counterpart

as in equivalents

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 pictures

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 counterparts Pezeshkian declared Iran’s demands from the UN podium and held bilateral meetings with his counterparts. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026 Trump and his wife spoke to their counterparts, but their words could not be heard. — Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026 This animal, just like its 22-year-old whitetail and blacktail counterparts, was a complete anomaly. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 But the Palestinian leader lamented that the second phase of this plan has not materialized, blaming the lack of progress on his Israeli counterparts. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026 The staffers who remain have less training and are poorly paid, sometimes qualifying for public assistance themselves, while their counterparts within Hope Florida make on average thousands more. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 The same Fed research finds that lower-income households and adults 55 and older lean on cash more than any other group, and rural shoppers use it more than their urban and suburban counterparts. — Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The same is true in Lake County as Dems on the County Board hold a supermajority, like their legislative counterparts in Springfield. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Because of the boldness of their political positions and doctrines, progressives can be seen as more charismatic than their more centrist counterparts. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Harrelson and McConaughey’s fictional wives, played by Brittany Ishibashi and Natalie Martinez, respectively, roughly align with their real-world equivalents in physical appearance.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Apptivo's and Zoho CRM's equivalents, respectively, cost $15 and $14 per user per month, billed annually.

— Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of equivalents

Noun

This is on top of Perez Hilton and plenty of other sites (Gawker included) that would just flat-out insult people, draw nasty things on their pictures, and just generally malign them.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Post-ballet, Sorbara will walk ten blocks south of Lincoln Center for a borscht martini at Russian Samovar, where, fittingly, the walls are adorned with pictures of Baryshnikov.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
For The Times) In the other new study, Taylor and his colleagues looked along the banks of rivers running through the cities of Bakersfield and Coalinga.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of colleagues

Noun

Shortly after the Clooneys welcomed their twins in 2017, George and Rande sold their Casamigos tequila brand for $1 billion to British beverage giant Diageo.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
And James and Oliver Phelps, who played the Weasley twins in the Potter series, now serving as Cumming’s groundskeepers.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

Adding value to raw materials, which South Africa already does to a greater extent than its African peers, is the goal of countries across the continent.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
In academic performance, boys lag well behind girls in elementary school, high school, and college, where female undergraduates now outnumber their male peers roughly 2 to 1.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of peers

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During the Qingming Festival, observed each year in April, families visit ancestral graves with food offerings and burn incense and paper replicas of everyday goods for their ancestors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Digital twin models, in particular, are used to build more reliable, responsive and adaptive systems by creating virtual replicas of real-world networks.

— Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

Nor was there clear coordination with the speaker's private security team and external law enforcement partners, the report said.

— MICHAEL R. SISAK, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
If your financial partners prioritize a rapid ROI timeline over your foundational compliance and operational metrics, their funding will ultimately become a liability to your core mission.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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