'Equal' definitions:
Definition of 'equal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" [ant: unequal]
adjective
Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task" [syn: adequate, equal] [ant: inadequate, unequal]
noun
verb
Be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ]
verb
Be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" [syn: equal, touch, rival, match]
verb
Definition of 'Equal'
From: GCIDE
- Equal \E"qual\, n.
- 1. One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal." [1913 Webster]
- Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. State of being equal; equality. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Equal'
From: GCIDE
- Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equaledor Equalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Equaling or Equalling.]
- 1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen?urate with. [1913 Webster]
- On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully. [1913 Webster]
- Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality. [1913 Webster]
- He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Equal'
From: GCIDE
- Equal \E"qual\, a. [L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to Skr. ?ka, and perh. to L. unus for older oinos one, E. one.]
- 1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc.; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task. [1913 Webster]
- The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Whose voice an equal messenger Conveyed thy meaning mild. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement. "An equal temper." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just. [1913 Webster]
- Are not my ways equal? --Ezek. xviii. 29. [1913 Webster]
- Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with sudden heat and noise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Of the same interest or concern; indifferent. [1913 Webster]
- They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity. [1913 Webster]
- Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament.
- Syn: Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate; commensurate; fair; just; equitable. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'equal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- accordant,
- agent,
- agree,
- aligned,
- alike,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amount to,
- analogous,
- analogy,
- approach,
- at par,
- au pair,
- automatic,
- backup,
- balance,
- balanced,
- be parallel,
- beat,
- break even,
- brother,
- capable of,
- challenge comparison,
- change,
- changeable,
- changeling,
- coequal,
- coextend,
- coextending,
- coextensive,
- coincident,
- coincidental,
- coinciding,
- collateral,
- colleague,
- come to,
- come up to,
- commensurable,
- commensurate,
- commutable,
- commutative,
- comparable,
- compare,
- comparison,
- compeer,
- competitor,
- concurrent,
- congruent,
- congruous,
- consistent,
- consonant,
- constant,
- continuous,
- convertible,
- coordinate,
- copy,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- correspondent,
- corresponding,
- coterminous,
- counterfeit,
- counterpart,
- deputy,
- dispassionate,
- distributional,
- distributive,
- ditto,
- double,
- draw,
- drawn,
- dummy,
- duplicate,
- emulate,
- equable,
- equal to,
- equalize,
- equalized,
- equalizing,
- equidistant,
- equilateral,
- equipollent,
- equispaced,
- equitable,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- eurythmic,
- even,
- even off,
- even stephen,
- exchange,
- exchanged,
- fair,
- fake,
- fellow,
- fifty-fifty,
- fill-in,
- finished,
- flat,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- give-and-take,
- go alongside,
- go beside,
- half,
- half-and-half,
- halvers,
- harmonious,
- homogeneous,
- identic,
- identical,
- imitation,
- immutable,
- impartial,
- indistinguishable,
- interchangeable,
- interchanged,
- invariable,
- just,
- keep pace with,
- knot,
- knotted,
- level,
- like,
- lined up,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- match,
- match up with,
- matching,
- mate,
- measure up,
- measure up to,
- measured,
- mechanical,
- meet,
- metaphor,
- methodic,
- metonymy,
- monolithic,
- mutual,
- next best thing,
- nip and tuck,
- nonconvergent,
- nondivergent,
- objective,
- of a piece,
- on a footing,
- on a level,
- on a par,
- on even ground,
- opposite number,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- par,
- parallel,
- parallelepipedal,
- parallelinervate,
- paralleling,
- parallelodrome,
- parallelogrammatic,
- parallelogrammic,
- parallelotropic,
- partake of,
- particular,
- peer,
- per capita,
- per head,
- permutable,
- persistent,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pro rata,
- proportional,
- proportionate,
- proportioned,
- prorated,
- proxy,
- quits,
- reach,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocating,
- reciprocative,
- regular,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserves,
- respective,
- retaliatory,
- returnable,
- ringer,
- rival,
- robotlike,
- run abreast,
- run parallel,
- run to,
- second string,
- secondary,
- selfsame,
- several,
- sign,
- similar,
- smooth,
- spares,
- square,
- square with,
- stable,
- stack up with,
- stalemated,
- stand-in,
- standard,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- swapped,
- switched,
- symbol,
- symmetric,
- symmetrical,
- synecdoche,
- synonymous,
- systematic,
- tally,
- tally with,
- tantamount,
- third string,
- tie,
- tied,
- token,
- top,
- touch,
- traded,
- transposed,
- twin,
- unbiased,
- unbroken,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- uncolored,
- understudy,
- undeviating,
- undifferentiated,
- undiversified,
- uniform,
- unprejudiced,
- unruffled,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- up to,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vie,
- vie with,
- well-balanced,
- well-set,
- well-set-up,
- without distinction
Words containing 'Equal'
- Equaled,
- Equaling,
- Equalities,
- Equality,
- Equalization,
- Equalize,
- Equalized,
- Equalizer,
- Equalizing,
- Equalled,
- Equalling,
- Equally,
- Equalness,
- equal to,
- Confessional equality,
- Equal temperament,
- Equality, IL,
- Equalizing bar,
- at an equal rate,
- equal opportunity,
- equal sign,
- equality before the law,
- equality state,
- equalizing dividend,
- Equal decrement of life,
- congress of racial equality,
- equal protection of the laws,
- law of equal areas,
- equal-area projection,
- equal-area map projection