counterpart
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as anotherSynonyms: opposite numbervis-a-vis
- a duplicate copySynonyms: similitudetwin
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Counterpart \Coun"ter*part`\ (koun"t[~e]r*p[aum]rt`), n.
1.A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile. [1913 Webster]
In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another.— Sir M. Hale.[1913 Webster]
2.(Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate. [1913 Webster]
3.A person who closely resembles another. [1913 Webster]
4.A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite. [1913 Webster]
O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]