nnoun.cognitiona person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etcExamples:- send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps
Derivationally Related Form:equivalent
Hypernyms:cognition knowledge noesis
Inherited Hypernyms:equivalentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:counterpartopposite numberreplacementsubstitutevis-a-vis
Full Hyponyms:complementcounterpartersatzmatchmismatchsubstitutesuccedaneumsuccessor
nnoun.attributethe atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygenSynset:combining weight eq equivalent weight
Hypernyms:atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass
Inherited Hypernyms:equivalentatomic massmassfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:equivalentatomic massmassphysical propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
adj satadj.allbeing essentially equal to somethingSynset:tantamount
Examples:- it was as good as gold
- a wish that was equivalent to a command
- his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt
Antonyms:unequal
Derivationally Related Form:equivalentequivalence
Inherited Hypernyms:equivalent
Similar to:equal