1.  match(n = noun.artifact) friction match, lucifer - lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"; "as long you've a lucifer to light your fag"
is a kind of igniter, ignitor, light, lighter
has parts: matchstick
has particulars: fusee, fuzee, kitchen match, book matches, safety match, slow match

2.  match(n = noun.event) - a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete;
is a kind of competition, contest
has particulars: boxing match, chess match, cockfight, cricket match, diving, diving event, field event, final, quarterfinal, semi, semifinal, swimming event, tennis match, match game, matched game, test match, wrestling match
Derived form verb match₈

3.  match(n = noun.artifact) - a burning piece of wood or cardboard; "if you drop a match in there the whole place will explode"
is a kind of igniter, ignitor, light, lighter

4.  match(n = noun.artifact) mate - an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
is a kind of duplicate, duplication
Derived form verb match₁

5.  match(n = noun.quantity) - the score needed to win a match;
is a kind of score

6.  match(n = noun.person) catch - a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect;
is a kind of adult, grownup
Derived forms verb match₃, verb match₇

7.  match(n = noun.person) compeer, equal, peer - a person who is of equal standing with another in a group;
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
is a member of peer group
has particulars: associate, coeval, contemporary, gangsta, backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute, replacement, successor, townsman
Derived form verb match₄

8.  match(n = noun.group) couple, mates - a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
is a kind of family, family unit
has particulars: power couple, dink
Derived forms verb match₃, verb match₇

9.  match(n = noun.cognition) - something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match with your jacket"
is a kind of counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis
Derived forms verb match₉, verb match₅

1.  match(v = verb.stative) agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, tally - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
is one way to be, equal
Derived form noun match₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

2.  match(v = verb.possession) - provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions"
is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something

3.  match(v = verb.contact) couple, mate, pair, twin - bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
is one way to bring together, join
Derived forms noun match₈, noun match₆
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

4.  match(v = verb.stative) equal, rival, touch - be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
is one way to compete, contend, vie
Derived form noun match₇
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something

5.  match(v = verb.change) fit - make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater"
is one way to adjust, correct, set
Derived form noun match₉
Sample sentences: They match the cape

6.  match(v = verb.social) cope with, meet - satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
is one way to contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

7.  match(v = verb.contact) - give or join in marriage;
is one way to bring together, join
Derived forms noun match₈, noun match₆, noun matcher₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

8.  match(v = verb.competition) oppose, pit, play off - set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
is one way to confront, face
Derived form noun match₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody

9.  match(v = verb.change) - be equal or harmonize; "The two pieces match"
is one way to adapt, adjust, conform
Derived form noun match₉
Sample sentences: Something ----s

10.  match(v = verb.change) equal, equalise, equalize, equate - make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

   A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood or cardboard dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium. [1913 Webster]

1.  A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate. [1913 Webster]
"Government . . . makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects." [1913 Webster]

2.  A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like [1913 Webster]
"A solemn match was made; he lost the prize." [1913 Webster]

3.  An agreement, compact, etc. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making." [1913 Webster]

4.  A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

5.  Equality of conditions in contest or competition, or one who provides equal competition to another in a contest; as, he had no match as a swordsman within the city. [1913 Webster]
"It were no match, your nail against his horn." [1913 Webster]

6.  Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match. [1913 Webster]

7.  A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold. [1913 Webster]

1.  To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal. [1913 Webster]
"No settled senses of the world can match
The pleasure of that madness." [1913 Webster]

2.  To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal. [1913 Webster]
"No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct." [1913 Webster]

3.  To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against. [1913 Webster]
"Eternal might
To match with their inventions they presumed
So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn." [1913 Webster]

4.  To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth. Swift. [1913 Webster]

5.  To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another). [1913 Webster]
"Let poets match their subject to their strength." [1913 Webster]

6.  To marry; to give in marriage. [1913 Webster]
"A senator of Rome survived,
Would not have matched his daughter with a king." [1913 Webster]

7.  To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards. [1913 Webster]

1.  To be united in marriage; to mate. [1913 Webster]
"I hold it a sin to match in my kindred." [1913 Webster]
"Let tigers match with hinds, and wolves with sheep." [1913 Webster]

2.  To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match. [1913 Webster]

match, n. & v.
--n.
1 a contest or game of skill etc. in which persons or teams compete against each other.
2 a a person able to contend with another as an equal (meet one's match; be more than a match for). b a person equal to another in some quality (we shall never see his match). c a person or thing exactly like or corresponding to another.
3 a marriage.
4 a person viewed in regard to his or her eligibility for marriage, esp. as to rank or fortune (an excellent match).
--v.
1 a tr. be equal to or harmonious with; correspond to in some essential respect (the curtains match the wallpaper). b intr. (often foll. by with) correspond; harmonize (his socks do not match; does the ribbon match with your hat?).
2 tr. (foll. by against, with) place (a person etc.) in conflict, contest, or competition with (another).
3 tr. find material etc. that matches (another) (can you match this silk?).
4 tr. find a person or thing suitable for another (matching unemployed workers with vacant posts).
5 tr. prove to be a match for.
6 tr. Electronics produce or have an adjustment of (circuits) such that maximum power is transmitted between them.
7 tr. (usu. foll. by with) archaic join (a person) with another in marriage.

Idiom:
make a match bring about a marriage. match play Golf play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side (cf. stroke play). match point
1 Tennis etc. a the state of a game when one side needs only one more point to win the match. b this point.
2 Bridge a unit of scoring in matches and tournaments. to match corresponding in some essential respect with what has been mentioned (yellow dress with gloves to match). well-matched fit to contend with each other, live together, etc., on equal terms.

Derivative:
matchable adj.

match, n.
1 a short thin piece of wood, wax, etc., tipped with a composition that can be ignited by friction.
2 a piece of wick, cord, etc., designed to burn at a uniform rate, for firing a cannon etc.

Etymology:
ME f. OF mesche, meiche, perh. f. L myxa lamp-nozzle

N  similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance, affinity, approximation, parallelism, agreement, analogy, analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia, parity, connaturalness, connaturality, brotherhood, family likeness, alliteration, rhyme, pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy, analogue, the like, match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel, simile, type, image, photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance, similar, resembling, like, alike, twin, analogous, analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so, homoiousian, connatural, congener, allied to, akin to, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of, mock, pseudo, simulating, representing, exact, lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like, as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were, quasi, just as, veluti in speculum, et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block.

VB  be similar, look like, resemble, bear resemblance, smack of, savor of, approximate, parallel, match, rhyme with, take after, imitate, favor, span, render similar, assimilate, approximate, bring near, connaturalize, make alike, rhyme, pun.

VB  imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate.

VB  be accordant, agree, accord, harmonize, correspond, tally, respond, meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to, fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with, dovetail, assimilate, fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T, match, become one, homologate, consent, render accordant, fit, suit, adapt, accommodate, graduate, adjust, dress, regulate, readjust, accord, harmonize, reconcile, fadge, dovetail, square.

N  equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise, evenness, monotony, level, equivalence, equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance, par, quits, a wash, not a pin to choose, distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other, tweedle dee and tweedle dum, identity, similarity, equalization, equation, equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment, drawn game, drawn battle, neck and neck race, tie, draw, standoff, dead heat, match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother, equivalent, equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate, on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with, up to the mark, equiparant, equivalent, tantamount, indistinguishable, quits, homologous, synonymous, resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less, much the same as, the same thing as, as good as, all one, all the same, equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced, equalized, drawn, half and half, isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical, isobath, isobathic, equally, pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus, in equilibrio, to all intents and purposes, it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gande.

VB  be equal, equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast, come to, amount to, come up to, be on a level with, lie on a level with, balance, cope with, come to the same thing, render equal, equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise, fit, accommodate, adapt, strike a balance, establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium, readjust, stretch on the bed of Procrustes.

N  contention, strife, contest, contestation, struggle, belligerency, opposition, controversy, polemics, debate, war of words, logomachy, litigation, paper war, high words, sparring, competition, rivalry, corrivalry, corrivalship, agonism, concours, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap, regatta, field day, sham fight, Derby day, turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids, wrestling, greco-roman wrestling, pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense, spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting, quarterstaff, single stick, gladiatorship, gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo, athletics, athletic sports, games of skill, shindy, fracas, clash of arms, tussle, scuffle, broil, fray, affray, affrayment, velitation, colluctation, luctation, brabble, brigue, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash, bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict, skirmish, rencounter, encounter, rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight, battle, battle royal, combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament, tilt, tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement, naumachia, sea fight, duel, duello, single combat, monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting, digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms, pugnacity, combativeness, bone of contention, contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads, at war, at issue, competitive, rival, belligerent, contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike, quarrelsome, pugnacious, pugilistic, gladiatorial, palestric, palestrical, a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, a very pretty quarrel as it stands, commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat.

N  marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie, married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation, match, betrothment, wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal, espousals, spousals, leading to the altar, nuptial benediction, epithalamium, sealing, torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen, hymeneal altar, honeymoon, bridesmaid, bridesman, best man, bride, bridegroom, married man, married woman, married couple, neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate, husband, man, consort, baron, old man, good man, wife of one's bosom, helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife, feme, feme coverte, squaw, lady, matron, matronage, matronhood, man and wife, wedded pair, Darby and Joan, spiritual wife, monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy, mormonism, levirate, spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism, polyandrism, Turk, bluebeard, unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill- assorted marriage, mesalliance, mariage de convenance, marriage broker, matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker, schatchen, married, one, one bone and one flesh, marriageable, nubile, engaged, betrothed, affianced, matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded, nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal, the gray mare the better horse, a world-without-end bargain, marriages are made in Heaven, render me worthy of this noble wife, si qua voles apte nubere nube pari.

N  calefaction, increase of temperature, heating, calefaction, tepefaction, torrefaction, melting, fusion, liquefaction, burning, ambustion, combustion, incension, accension, concremation, cremation, scorification, cautery, cauterization, ustulation, calcination, cracking, refining, incineration, cineration, carbonization, cupellation, ignition, inflammation, adustion, flagration, deflagration, conflagration, empyrosis, incendiarism, arson, auto dafe, boiling, coction, ebullition, estuation, elixation, decoction, ebullioscope, geyser, distillation (vaporization), furnace, blanket, flannel, fur, wadding, clothing, still, refinery, fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower, match, incendiary, petroleuse, cauterizer, caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa, acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia, catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid, radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium, sunstroke, coup de soleil, insolation, pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china, earthenware, stoneware, pot, mug, terra cotta, brick, clinker, cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot, slag, coke, carbon, charcoal, wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil, gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel), wax, paraffin, residue, tar, inflammability, combustibility, diathermancy, transcalency, conduction, convection, radiation, radiant heat, heat conductivity, conductivity, thermal expansion, coefficient of expansion, heated, molten, sodden, r_echauff_e, heating, adust, inflammable, combustible, diathermal, diathermanous, burnt, volcanic, radioactive.

N  fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.

VB  discriminate, distinguish, severalize, recognize, match, identify, separate, draw the line, sift, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat, separate the men from the boys, split hairs, draw a fine line, nitpick, quibble, estimate, know which is which, know what is what, know 'a hawk from a handsaw', take into account, take into consideration, give due weight to, allow due weight to, weigh carefully.

N  identification, recognition, diagnosis, match, apperception, assimilation, dereplication, classification, memory, interpretation, cognizance (knowledge).

VB  identify, recognize, match, match up, classify, recall, remember, find similarity (similarity), put in its proper place, put in its proper niche, place in order (arrangement).

bickford match, boxing match, chess match, cricket match, friction match, kitchen match, love match, match box, match game, match plane, match play, match point, parlor match, safety match, slow match, slugging match, sparring match, tennis match, test match, wrestling match