coextension†, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level.
equivalence; equipollence†, equipoise, equilibrium,
equiponderance†; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction
without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle
dee and tweedle dum [Lat.]; identity &c 13; similarity &c 17.
equalization, equation; equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment,
readjustment.
drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff,
dead heat.
match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent.
V. be equal &c adj.; equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast;
come to, amount to, come up to; be on a level with, lie on a level
with; balance; cope with; come to the same thing.
render equal &c adj.; equalize level, dress, balance, equate,
handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit,
accommodate; adapt &c (render accordant) 23; strike a balance;
establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust;
stretch on the bed of Procrustes.
Adj. equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate;
on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark;
equiparant†.
equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous;
synonymous &c 522; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad
as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the same thing as,
as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant†,
equiponderous†, equibalanced†; equalized &c v.; drawn; half and half;
isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric†, isoperimetrical†; isobath
[Ocean.], isobathic [Ocean.].
Adv. equally &c adj.; pari passu [Lat.], ad eundum [Lat.], caeteris
paribus [Lat.]; in equilibrio [Lat.]; to all intents and purposes.
Phr. it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is
sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.