counterpart

Other forms of counterpart

plural

counterparts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about counterpart

What does counterpart mean?

counterpart means "a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in counterpart?

counterpart has 3 syllables: coun-ter-part. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊntɚˌpɑɹt/.

What is another word for counterpart?

Close synonyms include opposite number, vis-a-vis, similitude, twin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is counterpart a common word?

counterpart is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with counterpart?

7 words rhyme with counterpart. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.