counterpart
UK/ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt//ˈkaʊntɚˌpɑɹt/
counterpart noun: either of two parts that fit together or otherwise complement one another.
Noun
counterpart (plural counterparts)
- Either of two parts that fit together or otherwise complement one another.
- Near-synonyms: complement, mate
- Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly.
- Synonyms:
- complement, mate
- A duplicate of a legal document.
- One who or that which resembles another.
- One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
- Near-synonyms: (each contextually synonymous) opposite number, counterparty, opponent, homolog, homotype, equivalent, partner, vis-à-vis
- Her French counterpart attended the meeting via video call.
- Synonyms:
- opposite number, counterparty, opponent, homolog, homotype, equivalent, partner, vis-à-vis
- Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.
Verb
counterpart (third-person singular simple present counterparts, present participle counterparting, simple past and past participle counterparted)
- To counterbalance.
counterpart meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
counterpart in Hindi
- counterpart, equivalent
- प्रतिरूप pratirūp
counterpart in Tamil
- ஒத்த நிலையினர், ஒத்த பகுதி, நேரிணை, எதிர்ப்பிரதி, எதிரிணை, சரி எதிர்ப்பகுதி
counterpart in Urdu
- counterpart
- عکس 'aks
counterpart in Bengali
- অনুরূপ, সমকক্ষ
More languagesFewer languages
- counterpart in Malayalam
- പ്രതിരൂപം, ഒരുപോലെയുളള ആൾ, ഇരട്ട, പതിപ്പ്
- counterpart in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿರೂಪ, ಪೂರಕ, ಸಮಸ್ಥಾನಿಕ
- counterpart in Punjabi
- ਹਮਰੁਤਬਾ, ਕਾਊਂਟਰਪਾਰਟਰ, ਕਾਊਂਟਰਪਾਰਟ
- counterpart in Arabic
- نَظِير naẓīr
Examples of counterpart in a sentence
- The two companies are working together with their respective counterparts in Asia.
- Obama never found a generational counterpart among conservatives in Congress like Paul D.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
- Its incompleteness in this respect makes the timetable of less value than some of its Continental counterparts, such as the French Horaires Mayeux; nevertheless, it is fair value at 5s.1962 July, “Talking of Trains: The new all-line timetable”, in Modern Railways, page 10:
Synonyms of counterpart
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Forms of counterpart
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | counterparts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | counterparts |
| present participle | counterparting |
| past participle | counterparted |
| past | counterparted |
Origin of counterpart
From Middle English conterpart, countre parte (“duplicate of a legal document”), equivalent to counter- + part. Compare Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of partīre (“to divide”)).
Words formed from counterpart
Questions about counterpart
- What does counterpart mean?
- Counterpart means either of two parts that fit together or otherwise complement one another.
- What is counterpart in Hindi?
- Counterpart in Hindi is प्रतिरूप (pratirūp). See Counterpart meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use counterpart in a sentence?
- The two companies are working together with their respective counterparts in Asia.
- What part of speech is counterpart?
- Counterpart can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce counterpart?
- Counterpart is pronounced /ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of counterpart?
- The plural of counterpart is counterparts.
Words near counterpart in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: counterpart (page history and authors); प्रतिरूप (Hindi) (page history and authors); counterpart (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عکس (Urdu) (page history and authors); Counterpart (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); counterpart (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); counterpart (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); counterpart (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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