equivalents

noun

plural of equivalent
as in counterparts
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value that huge mansion at the end of the street is the equivalent of five ordinary houses

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Recent Examples of equivalents Dune reports that the total supply of tokenized real-world assets has exceeded $34 billion in 2026, and major categories—including cash equivalents and commodities—have more than doubled over the past year. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 The Pro editions of the software updater and password manager don’t do much beyond their free equivalents. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 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 Confitex said Intertek testing found its washable products matched or exceeded the absorbency of disposable equivalents. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 That remains true in the 21st century, but today major militaries are looking for robotic platforms to replace their equine equivalents. — New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2026 So cleaners to play cleaners, academics to play scientists, even criminals and former KGB agents to play their Soviet equivalents. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 OpenRouter's Justin Summerville told the network that open Chinese models can run 60% to 90% cheaper than the leading Anthropic and OpenAI equivalents. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026 His buyback calculation is based on a regulatory filing Berkshire made in July tied to Chairman Warren Buffett’s charitable stock donation, which disclosed his economic ownership of the company’s Class A share equivalents. — Yun Li, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivalents
  1. counterparts
  2. partners
  3. colleagues
Noun
  • Florida public school teachers are the second-worst paid in the nation, pulling only slightly more than their counterparts in Mississippi, according to the National Education Association.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The 64-year-old suggests she was held to a different standard than her male counterparts.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of counterparts
Noun
  • The Islamic Scholarship Fund, New York production and post house Lost in Space, and Aneesa Talks, which filmmaker Aneesa Khan founded to support South Asian and Muslim creatives, have also signed on as partners.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • The Ratepayer Protection Act, meant to prevent data centers from raising electricity prices, enjoyed sweeping support in the House from all but three Democrats while all but four of their colleagues in the Senate opposed it.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Anthony Jack, Richard Boyatzis and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University coached people once about their personal vision and once about their current problems, then scanned them with fMRI.
    — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleagues

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“Equivalents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalents. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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