counterparts

NOUN

match; identical part or thing

Synonyms

STRONG

analogue complement copy correlate correlative correspondent ditto doppelganger duplicate equal equivalent fellow like mate obverse opposite pendant ringer supplement tally twin

WEAK

carbon copy dead ringer look alike opposite number peas in a pod spit and image spitting image two of a kind

Antonyms

STRONG

original

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counterparts

Antiquarks are counterparts to quarks whose certain properties have the same magnitude but opposite signs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Compared to their healthy counterparts who were not experiencing loneliness or social isolation, women experiencing those issues lived 2.4 fewer years free of physical disease, and men lived 1.7 fewer years disease-free.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Treasury yields rose, joining their French and Spanish counterparts as the global bonds selloff shows no signs of ending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The BBC has also been told it was a military rather than a political decision - taken at an operational level - and communicated from the US military to its British counterparts.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Once the photosynthetic cells had appeared, very probably counterparts of today’s blue-green algae, the future respiratory mechanism of the earth was set in place.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas