counterpart

Definition

  • noun: someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another
  • noun: one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument
  • synonyms: copy, duplicate, facsimile

Examples

  • The secretary of defense met with his 'counterparts' in Asia to discuss the nuclear crisis.

  • Metal tools replaced their stone 'counterparts' many, many years ago.

  • the lead actress and her male 'counterpart'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Comics are graphic-type storytelling when you could freeze a moment ... ... and make an image that sort of sustains. As a counterpart, you can't really do that in film. We tried to do that. They love comics, and they worked in the world of comics. They wrote the first comic book (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited