equivalent

1. 1.

   being essentially equal to something

   “it was as good as gold”

   “a wish that was equivalent to a command”

   “his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt”

   Synonymstantamount

   Similarequal

Other forms of equivalent

plural

equivalents·

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 equivalent

What does equivalent mean?

equivalent means "a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in equivalent?

equivalent has 4 syllables: eq-uiv-a-lent. The stress falls on "uiv". In IPA it is /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/.

What is another word for equivalent?

Close synonyms include equivalent weight, combining weight, eq, tantamount. 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 equivalent a common word?

equivalent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.