counterpart

noun

Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

One who or that which resembles another.

One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.

(law) A duplicate of a legal document.

(paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.

verb

(transitive) To counterbalance.

Roots

contracounter- · Latin · against, opposite

Synonyms for counterpart

similituden twinadj ditton equivalentn

Words related to counterpart

doubleganger compatriotn predecessorn lookalikeadj colleaguen identicaladj unlikeadj syncrisis cousinn superposableadj complementingn oppositenessn resemblancen paln correspondingadj similarlyadv nemesisn

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The word counterpart breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root counter-, from Latin contra (“against, opposite”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.