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

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, marry up, marry
    
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. Give or join in marriage
    
7. Set into opposition or rivalry
   "let them match their best athletes against ours";
   - pit, oppose, play off
    
8. Be equal or harmonize
   "The two pieces match"
    
9. 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, matching, mated, one-to-one, paired, simpatico [informal], twin, twinned

Type of: adapt, adjust, alter, be, change, compete, conform, confront, contend, correct, equal, face, furnish, join, modify, offer, provide, render, set, supply, vie

Antonym: mismatched

Encyclopedia: Matched