Synonyms of equals

equals 1 of 2

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equivalents
• counterparts
• partners
• peers
• colleagues
• coordinates
• likes
• coequals
• rivals
• fellows
• parallels
• matches
• competitors
• compeers
• companions
• doubles
• associates
• halves
• twins
• analogues
• mates
• copartners

equals

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of equal

1

as in meets

to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)

no one has equaled Shakespeare's plays

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meets
• matches
• surpasses
• ties
• beats
• tops
• transcends
• approaches
• touches
• outstrips
• excels
• approximates
• amounts (to)
• eclipses
• outshines
• rivals
• outdoes
• betters
• outdistances
• overtops
• parallels
• keeps up
• measures up (to)
• stacks up (against or with)

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• means
• comes (to)
• corresponds (to)
• amounts (to)
• signifies
• matches
• adds up (to)
• emulates
• denotes
• measures (up)
• spells
• suggests
• approaches
• rivals
• meets
• expresses
• connotes
• touches
• imports
• smacks (of)

3

as in matches

to be the exact counterpart of

in the British system a public school equals an American prep school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• matches
• corresponds (to)
• parallels
• complements
• mirrors
• conforms (to)
• goes (with)
• coordinates (with)
• blends (with)
• counterbalances
• harmonizes (with)
• supplements
• echoes
• comes (to)
• rivals
• suggests
• amounts (to)
• adds up (to)
• counterpoises
• partakes (of)
• measures (up)
• nears
• approaches
• repeats
• images

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of equals

Noun

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

While the Chicago retail footprint isn’t expected to grow, O’Rourke believes the merger of relative equals will help both banks continue to build business. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026

Nobody really wants to be considered a captain, but rather a team of equals, and that chemistry has worked rather well. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026

So first-round pick minus 95 games of usage equals, according to Adam Silver math, a second-round pick. —Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026

Yet given the power differential between China and Canada—or, for that matter, between China and any NATO ally other than the United States—such a partnership will not be among equals. —Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026

In the courtroom, Waldman has few equals. —William Jones, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026

The Supreme Leader has no equals Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, has served as Iran’s supreme leader since 1989 and remains the country’s highest political and religious authority, with ultimate control over military, security and strategic decisions. —Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026

Bloomberg News was the first to report the talks between the two companies were at an advanced stage and that they could be billed as a merger of equals. —Reuters, 30 Jan. 2026

Verb

That equals five or six days’ worth of normal shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, or a bit over one day’s worth of global consumption of about 101 million barrels per day. —David McHugh, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026

Can’t please everybody, but five playoff trips in the past seven years equals equity for this regime. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026

Complete three to four sets (one wall-sit equals one set). —Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Mar. 2026

The Longhorns are 15-0 under second-year coach Jim Schlossnagle, aiming to end a three-year drought between College World Series appearances that equals their longest in the past quarter-century. —Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026

Times 26 weeks in a year times the 5 years since the lockdown equals 130 bimonthly haircuts at $30 each or $3,900 saved. —Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026

Essentially, input in equals input out. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026

Student in highly competitive high school learns that focusing on arts plus taking only one AP class equals an object of ridicule. —Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2026

These formulas use conservation of mass principles to describe how fluids move based on Newton’s second law of motion (force equals mass times acceleration). —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026