match-up

1. 1.

   the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition

   “it was a good match-up but the home team won”

   “we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools”

   Synonymsmatchup

   Broaderpairing

Questions about match-up

What does match-up mean?

match-up means "the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition".

How many syllables are in match-up?

match-up has 2 syllables: mat-ch-up. The stress falls on "mat".

What is another word for match-up?

Close synonyms include matchup. 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.