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

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 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

Verb

Exotic offers are as little as a 36-month divide ($500,000 divided by 36 equals $13,889 of additional monthly income). —

Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 7 May 2026 The latest shipment of 1 million barrels reportedly equals 35-50% of South Korea’s daily crude oil consumption. —

ABC News, 7 May 2026 Knowing what varieties do well equals a better chance at a healthy plant that produces a bountiful harvest. —

Lauren David, Southern Living, 3 May 2026 The reasons for the enrollment declines vary, while solutions aren’t around the corner, though some suggest fewer students equals more resources to those who remain. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026 Most beginners assume more water equals a happier plant. —

Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026 The idea that visibility equals safety no longer holds. —

Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Most beginners assume more water equals healthier plants, but constantly soggy soil suffocates roots and triggers rot. —

Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Most beginners think more water equals healthier plants. —

Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for equals

Noun

Researchers now hope to push the double copy framework even further by searching for particle-physics equivalents of other black hole features, including the event horizon itself — the boundary beyond which nothing can escape.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Bose pros Bose products are known for their rich sound, and although Bose is a top audio equipment brand, many of them are more affordable than Sonos equivalents.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026