| dovetail | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. dovetail, dovetail joint | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises. |
| ~ mortise-and-tenon joint, mortise joint | a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other. |
| v. (stative) | 2. dovetail | fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail. |
| ~ fit | make fit.; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out" |
| ~ fit, go | be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired.; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" |
| match | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. friction match, lucifer, match | lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction.; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag" |
| ~ fuzee, fusee | a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind. |
| ~ kitchen match | a wooden friction match that will light on any granular surface; useful to light wood or gas stoves. |
| ~ igniter, ignitor, lighter, light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.; "do you have a light?" |
| ~ matchstick | a short thin stick of wood used in making matches. |
| ~ book matches, safety match | a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface. |
| ~ slow match | match or fuse made to burn slowly and evenly. |
| n. (event) | 2. match | a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| ~ boxing match | a match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring. |
| ~ chess match | a match between chess players. |
| ~ cockfight | a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs. |
| ~ cricket match | a match between two cricket teams. |
| ~ diving, diving event | an athletic competition that involves diving into water. |
| ~ field event | a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track. |
| ~ final | the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament. |
| ~ quarterfinal | one of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals. |
| ~ semi, semifinal | one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament. |
| ~ swimming event | an athletic competition that involves swimming. |
| ~ tennis match | a match between tennis players. |
| ~ match game, matched game, test match | an international championship match. |
| ~ wrestling match | a match between wrestlers. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. match | a burning piece of wood or cardboard.; "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode" |
| ~ igniter, ignitor, lighter, light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.; "do you have a light?" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. match, mate | an exact duplicate.; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" |
| ~ duplication, duplicate | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly.; "he made a duplicate for the files" |
| n. (quantity) | 5. match | the score needed to win a match. |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (person) | 6. catch, match | a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect. |
| ~ adult, grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward. |
| n. (person) | 7. compeer, equal, match, peer | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ peer group | contemporaries of the same status. |
| ~ associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| ~ coeval, contemporary | a person of nearly the same age as another. |
| ~ gangsta | (Black English) a member of a youth gang. |
| ~ backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, backup, substitute, relief | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).; "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" |
| ~ successor, replacement | a person who follows next in order.; "he was President Lincoln's successor" |
| ~ townsman | a person from the same town as yourself.; "a fellow townsman" |
| n. (group) | 8. couple, match, mates | a pair of people who live together.; "a married couple from Chicago" |
| ~ family unit, family | primary social group; parents and children.; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" |
| ~ power couple | a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential. |
| ~ dink | a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids). |
| n. (cognition) | 9. match | something that resembles or harmonizes with.; "that tie makes a good match with your jacket" |
| ~ counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another. |
| v. (stative) | 10. agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| ~ consist | be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous.; "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end" |
| ~ check out, check | be verified or confirmed; pass inspection.; "These stories don't check!" |
| ~ look | accord in appearance with.; "You don't look your age!" |
| ~ answer | match or correspond.; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave" |
| ~ coincide | be the same.; "our views on this matter coincided" |
| ~ align | be or come into adjustment with. |
| ~ correlate | to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation.; "Do these facts correlate?" |
| ~ parallel | be parallel to.; "Their roles are paralleled by ours" |
| ~ twin, duplicate, parallel | duplicate or match.; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" |
| ~ square | be compatible with.; "one idea squares with another" |
| ~ bear out, underpin, corroborate, support | support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" |
| ~ equal, be | be identical or equivalent to.; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| ~ conform to, fit, meet | satisfy a condition or restriction.; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" |
| ~ homologize | be homologous.; "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs" |
| ~ befit, beseem, suit | accord or comport with.; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| ~ pattern | form a pattern.; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" |
| ~ adhere | be compatible or in accordance with.; "You must adhere to the rules" |
| ~ rime, rhyme | be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable.; "hat and cat rhyme" |
| v. (possession) | 11. match | provide funds complementary to.; "The company matched the employees' contributions" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (contact) | 12. couple, match, mate, pair, twin | bring two objects, ideas, or people together.; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" |
| ~ match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ mismate | provide with an unsuitable mate. |
| ~ mismatch | match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together. |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (stative) | 13. equal, match, rival, touch | 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" |
| ~ equalise, equalize, equal, equate, match | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" |
| ~ compete, vie, contend | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| v. (change) | 14. fit, match | make correspond or harmonize.; "Match my sweater" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ match | be equal or harmonize.; "The two pieces match" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| v. (social) | 15. cope with, match, meet | satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" |
| ~ cope, get by, grapple, make do, manage, contend, deal, make out | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| v. (contact) | 16. match | give or join in marriage. |
| ~ couple, mate, pair, twin, match | bring two objects, ideas, or people together.; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| v. (competition) | 17. match, oppose, pit, play off | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| ~ confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| v. (change) | 18. match | be equal or harmonize.; "The two pieces match" |
| ~ adapt, conform, adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| ~ match, fit | make correspond or harmonize.; "Match my sweater" |
| v. (change) | 19. equal, equalise, equalize, equate, match | make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ homologise, homologize | make homologous. |
| ~ homogenize, homogenise | cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing.; "homogenize the main ingredients" |
| ~ tie, draw | finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc..; "The teams drew a tie" |
| ~ rival, equal, match, touch | 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" |
| correct | | |
| v. (change) | 1. correct, rectify, right | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| ~ change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
| ~ remediate, remedy, amend, rectify, repair | set straight or right.; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" |
| ~ debug | locate and correct errors in a computer program code.; "debug this program" |
| v. (social) | 2. compensate, correct, redress, right | make reparations or amends for.; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ over-correct, overcompensate | make excessive corrections for fear of making an error. |
| ~ aby, abye, atone, expiate | make amends for.; "expiate one's sins" |
| v. (communication) | 3. castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate | censure severely.; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" |
| ~ flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium.; "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed" |
| ~ bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, rebuke, reproof, scold, take to task, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, reprimand, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag | censure severely or angrily.; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" |
| v. (stative) | 4. compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up | adjust for.; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" |
| ~ carry | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance.; "I resent having to carry her all the time" |
| ~ overcompensate, compensate, cover | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities.; "he is compensating for being a bad father" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| v. (social) | 5. correct, discipline, sort out | punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" |
| ~ penalise, penalize, punish | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" |
| v. (motion) | 6. correct, decline, slump | go down in value.; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (change) | 7. adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ proportion | adjust in size relative to other things. |
| ~ modulate | adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of. |
| ~ temper | adjust the pitch (of pianos). |
| ~ tune, tune up | adjust the pitches of (musical instruments).; "My piano needs to be tuned" |
| ~ calibrate, fine-tune, graduate | make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" |
| ~ tune, tune up | adjust for (better) functioning.; "tune the engine" |
| ~ time | adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely" |
| ~ trim | adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used. |
| ~ zero, zero in | adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun).; "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" |
| ~ zero | adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value. |
| ~ readjust, reset | adjust again after an initial failure. |
| ~ attune | adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with. |
| ~ time | regulate or set the time of.; "time the clock" |
| ~ set | set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.; "set clocks or instruments" |
| ~ regulate, modulate | fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" |
| ~ focalise, focalize, sharpen, focus | put (an image) into focus.; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" |
| ~ sync, synchronize, synchronise | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.; "Let's synchronize our efforts" |
| ~ pressurise, pressurize | increase the pressure in or of.; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" |
| ~ depressurise, depressurize, decompress | decrease the pressure of.; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" |
| ~ match, fit | make correspond or harmonize.; "Match my sweater" |
| ~ plumb | adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical. |
| ~ ordinate, align, coordinate | bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" |
| ~ reconcile, harmonise, harmonize | bring into consonance or accord.; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities" |
| ~ linearise, linearize | make linear or get into a linear form.; "a catalyst linearizes polyethylene" |
| ~ justify | adjust the spaces between words.; "justify the margins" |
| ~ citify | accustom to urban ways.; "Immigration will citify the country?" |
| v. (body) | 8. correct | treat a defect.; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| adj. | 9. correct, right | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| ~ accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| ~ letter-perfect, word-perfect | correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words.; "a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy"; "she was word-perfect in her part" |
| ~ straight | following a correct or logical method.; "straight reasoning" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| ~ true | consistent with fact or reality; not false.; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"; "the true meaning of the statement" |
| adj. | 10. correct, right | socially right or correct.; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 11. correct, right | in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" |
| ~ proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners" |
| adj. | 12. correct, right | correct in opinion or judgment.; "time proved him right" |
| ~ right-minded | disposed toward or having views based on what is right.; "respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have" |
| exact | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. demand, exact | claim as due or just.; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" |
| ~ command | demand as one's due.; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers" |
| ~ claim | ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example.; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount" |
| ~ call in, call | demand payment of (a loan).; "Call a loan" |
| v. (communication) | 2. claim, exact, take | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
| ~ necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| ~ necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take | require as useful, just, or proper.; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" |
| adj. | 3. exact | marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" |
| ~ accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
| ~ verbatim, direct | in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker.; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" |
| ~ literal | without interpretation or embellishment.; "a literal depiction of the scene before him" |
| ~ mathematical | characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics.; "mathematical precision" |
| ~ perfect | precisely accurate or exact.; "perfect timing" |
| ~ photographic | representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph. |
| ~ rigorous, strict | rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard.; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" |
| ~ literal | limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text.; "a literal translation" |
| ~ perfect | being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish.; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" |
| ~ precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited.; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" |
| adj. | 4. accurate, exact, precise | (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct.; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |
| ~ correct, right | free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth.; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" |
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