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Synonyms for match
Synonyms for match: fit, pit, bout, couple and touch. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for match
Interchangeable with match, one per sense
Audited under match's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one match carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name match as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from match's own entries in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
make correspond or harmonize
Match my sweater.
match in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The waiter asked the chef to match the sauce to the wine being served.
- She chose curtains that match the paint on the living room walls.
How it behaves: Match in this sense usually takes a direct object naming the item to be aligned, and often appears in imperative or descriptive clauses about color, style, or pattern.
The true synonym
fit
Same sentence, swapped: Fit my sweater.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- mate
- touch
- focus
The opposite, in this sense
clash reverses match as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of match takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- clash
set into opposition or rivalry
Let them match their best athletes against ours.
match in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The coach decided to match the rookie against the reigning champion in the first round.
- She likes to match her toughest debaters against the visiting team's strongest speakers.
How it behaves: In this sense match usually takes a person or team as its object followed by 'against' and a rival, and appears in competitive or sporting contexts.
The true synonym
pit
Same sentence, swapped: Let them pit their best athletes against ours.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot match is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- mate
- fit
- front
Where match turns up in the game
match is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where match is the trap
- picturenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is impression, in the sense "a clear and telling mental image", with match sitting one tile away.
- raceverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is run, in the sense "compete in a race", and match is on the board beside it.
- eclipseverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is surpass, in the sense "to surpass and make a previous achievement seem lesser by comparison", and match is one of the three tiles that lose.
- outstripverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is beat, in the sense "to move ahead of or surpass a competitor", so match is there to be ruled out.
Play match
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so match reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from change at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. match carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.