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Equivalent

Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.

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Equal 84% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Equal 84% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Counterpart 76% connected

A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Replacement 76% connected

The act of replacing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Substitute 76% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vis-a-vis 76% connected

One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Equivalence 74% connected

The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Equivalence 74% connected

The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Tantamount 92% connected

Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Compare 84% connected

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

comparing and contrasting 55% interchangeable

Equal in value, meaning or function.

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