Dictionary Definition
counterpart
Noun
1 a person or thing having the same function or
characteristics as another [syn: opposite
number, vis-a-vis]
2 a duplicate copy [syn: similitude, twin]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From contrepartie.Noun
- Something that resembles something else, or has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
- A duplicate of a legal document.
Translations
something that resembles something else
- Czech: protějšek
- Finnish: vastine
- German: Ebenbild
- Hungarian: hasonmás
either of two parts that fit together, or
complement one another
- Finnish: vastakappale, vastinkappale
- German: Gegenstück, Pendant
law: duplicate
- Finnish: rinnakkaiskappale
- German: Duplikat, Kopie
- ttbc Dutch: tegenhanger
- ttbc French: homologue
Extensive Definition
Counterparts can refer to:
- Counterparts (album), an album by Rush
- "Counterparts", a short story from Dubliners by James Joyce
- Counterparts, novel written by the American writer and filmmaker Gonzalo Lira
- Counterparts, a jazz & pop a balls group at the University of Pennsylvania
- Counterpart theory a philosophical theory based on identity as a contingent relation.
- In law, a contract where the different parties' signatures appear on separate copies is said to have been signed in "counterparts".
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ally,
alter ego, analogon,
analogue, associate, brother, clone, close copy, close match,
coequal, cognate, companion, compeer, complement, congenator, congener, coordinate, correlate, correlative, correspondent, ditto, double, dupe, duplicate, duplication, each other,
equal, equipollent, equivalent, facsimile, fellow, image, kindred spirit, like, likeness, match, mate, model, near duplicate, obverse, one another, opposite
number, parallel,
peer, pendant, picture, quadruplicate, reciprocal, reciprocatist, reciprocator, repetition, replica, replication, representation, reproduction, rival, second self, similitude, simulacrum, sister, soul mate, such, suchlike, tally, the like of, the likes of,
triplicate, twin, vis-a-vis