'Counterpart' definitions:
Definition of 'counterpart'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another [syn: counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis]
noun
A duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude, twin]
Definition of 'Counterpart'
From: GCIDE
- Counterpart \Coun"ter*part`\ (koun"t[~e]r*p[aum]rt`), n.
- 1. A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile. [1913 Webster]
- In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A person who closely resembles another. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite. [1913 Webster]
- O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'counterpart'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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