Phrase guide

opposite number

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who holds a position in an organization, sports team, or the like, that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: counterpart, vis-a-vis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: equivalent

Narrower terms: match, mismatch, complement

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَظِير (naẓīr) — counterpart
  • Arabic: نَظِيرَة (naẓīra) — counterpart
  • Dutch: ambtgenoot — counterpart
  • Finnish: virkaveli — counterpart
  • Finnish: virkatoveri — counterpart
  • Finnish: kollega — counterpart
  • French: homologue — counterpart
  • German: Amtskollege — counterpart
  • German: Amtskollegin — counterpart
  • Greek: ομόλογος (omólogos) — counterpart
  • Greek: ομόλογη (omólogi) — counterpart
  • Hungarian: kolléga — counterpart
  • Hungarian: hasonló beosztású/megbízatású képviselő/politikus — counterpart