See counterpart in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
- (Law)
Something closely resembling another:
carbon copy, copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum. (Archaic) simulacre. See same One that has the same functions and characteristics as another:
opposite number, vis-Ã -vis. See sameSomething closely resembling or analogous to something else:
analogue, congener, correlate, correlative, correspondent, match, parallel. See sameOne of a matched pair of things:
companion, double, duplicate, fellow, match, mate, twin. See same
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