Thesaurus results for EQUALS

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noun

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plural of equal

as in equivalents

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value a basketball player who truly has no equal in his sport

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verb

present tense third-person singular of equal

as in meets

to produce something equal to (as in quality or value) no one has equaled Shakespeare's plays

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as in means

to be the same in meaning or effect being confined to home for a whole weekend would equal a death sentence in the minds of a lot of teens

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as in matches

to be the exact counterpart of in the British system a public school equals an American prep school

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Recent Examples of equals

Noun

But leaders do need to understand that minimalism from a position of authority can feel different from minimalism between equals. —

Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The Pacers in no way were equals of the Thunder last year, yet came within one game of that title. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2026 The summit is meant to showcase France’s new policy for the continent — a shift from a former colonial power seen as dominating to what Paris describes as a partnership of equals. —

ABC News, 12 May 2026 Pernod’s offer, while billed as a merger of equals, gave rise to thorny issues that the two sides couldn’t square. —

Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 May 2026 Even a 6% discrepancy in funding (which is roughly what the $135 million shortfall equals) ends up being an enormous amount of money. —

John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026 Before the leagues’ recent expansions prior to the 2024 season, the SEC was merely the top conference among equals in producing NFL talent. —

Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 For the first time, the two groups stood as equals. —

Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 The women had been made to sit silently in the gallery while the male attendees debated whether they should be allowed to participate as equals. —

Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026

Verb

This equals about 2,500 to 4,500 calories per day. —

Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 28, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 For conversion, 1 mg equals 1,000 mcg. —

Beth Thomas, Verywell Health, 27 May 2026 The effective equation-of-state parameter (a number cosmologists use to characterize dark energy, which equals exactly -1 for a true cosmological constant) comes out slightly greater than -1 in this model. —

Paul Sutter, Space.com, 26 May 2026 But effort without alignment eventually becomes friction, and friction equals resistance. —

Sherry McAllister, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Quarles also pushed back on the assumption that more amenities equals more legitimacy. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026 Why Vivid Dreams May Actually Mean Deeper Rest One of the more counterintuitive findings of the past year challenges the assumption that intense dreaming equals lighter sleep. —

Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026 More money equals better facilities, better coaches, better recruiting. —

Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026 Twenty-six times four, of course, equals 104. —

Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for equals

Noun

Models like Mythos are unique today, but history is clear that open-weight equivalents will follow.

— Philip Martin, Fortune, 29 May 2026
How different to the NASA equivalents at Cape Canaveral (then Cape Kennedy) and Houston, which were already well established in the national lexicon by the late '60s.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2026