counterparts

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

Words related to counterparts

similituden twinadj compatriotsn unlikeadj predecessorsn matesn equivalentsn colleaguesn cousinsn similarlyadv doubleganger paln whereas equivalentlyadv lookalikeadj

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