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1. Provided with a worthy adversary or competitor
   "matched teams"
    
2. Going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities

1. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
   "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
   - fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
    
2. Provide funds complementary to
   "The company matched the employees' contributions"
    
3. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
   "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"
   - mate, couple, pair, twin
    
4. Be equal to in quality or ability
   "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
   - equal, touch, rival
    
5. Make correspond or harmonize
   "Match my sweater"
   - fit
    
6. Satisfy or fulfil
   "this job doesn't match my dreams"
   - meet, cope with
    
7. Give or join in marriage
    
8. Set into opposition or rivalry
   "let them match their best athletes against ours"
   - pit, oppose, play off
    
9. Be equal or harmonize
   "The two pieces match"
    
10. Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
    "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
    - equal, equalize, equalise [Brit], equate

See also: compatible, competitive, competitory, coordinated, co-ordinated, duplicate, matcher, matching, mated, one-to-one, paired, simpatico, twin, twinned

Type of: adapt, adjust, alter, be, bring together, change, compete, conform, confront, contend, cope, correct, deal, equal, face, furnish, get by, grapple, join, make do, make out, manage, modify, provide, render, set, supply, vie

Antonym: mismatched

Encyclopedia: Match