Associations to the word «Counterpart»

Wiktionary

COUNTERPART, noun. Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
COUNTERPART, noun. (legal) A duplicate of a legal document.
COUNTERPART, noun. One which resembles another
COUNTERPART, noun. One which has corresponding functions or characteristics.

Dictionary definition

COUNTERPART, noun. A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another.
COUNTERPART, noun. A duplicate copy.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne