pair

The word “pair” has 1 syllable: pair

It's pronounced as /pɛr/


What is synonym and antonym for pair?

In the thesaurus, “pair” has 89 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for pair along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for pair

  • accommodate
  • adapt
  • align
  • aline
  • amalgamate
  • arrange
  • array
  • attune
  • balance
  • blend
  • brace
  • bracket
  • codify
  • combination
  • combine
  • combo
  • companion
  • complement
  • conciliate
  • conform
  • connect
  • consolidate
  • coordinate
  • correlate
  • counterpart
  • couple
  • couplet
  • deuce
  • doublet
  • dovetail
  • duality
  • duo
  • dyad
  • equal
  • equalize
  • equivalent
  • even
  • fellow
  • fit
  • fuse
  • half
  • harmonize
  • integrate
  • join
  • key
  • like
  • marry
  • marshal
  • marshall
  • match
  • match up
  • mate
  • mates
  • merge
  • methodize
  • mix
  • orchestrate
  • order
  • organize
  • pair off
  • pair up
  • parallel
  • partnership
  • peer
  • proportion
  • put together
  • reconcile
  • regularize
  • rival
  • span
  • square
  • standardize
  • suit
  • synchronize
  • synthesize
  • systematize
  • systemize
  • team
  • tune
  • twain
  • twin
  • twins
  • two
  • two of a kind
  • twosome
  • unify
  • unite
  • wed
  • yoke

Antonyms for pair

  • confuse
  • disarray
  • disconnect
  • disharmonize
  • disjoin
  • disorder
  • disorganize
  • disrupt
  • disturb
  • divide
  • one
  • separate
  • sever
  • single
  • skew
  • upset

Meanings of pair

  • noun
    1. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
    2. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
    3. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts).
    4. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
    5. A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
    6. A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
    7. A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
    8. A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
    9. A boat for two sweep rowers.
    10. A pair of breasts.
    11. The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
    12. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
    13. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
    14. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
  • verb
    1. To group into one or more sets of two.
    2. To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
    3. To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
    4. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
    5. To impair, to make worse.
    6. To become worse, to deteriorate.

Example Sentences

  • She bought a pair of new shoes for the upcoming event.
  • Can you hand me that pair of scissors on the table?
  • He always wears a pair of gloves when working in the garden.
  • They decided to buy a pair of matching lamps for their living room.
  • I need to buy a new pair of headphones because mine broke.

On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to pair, such as: accommodate, adapt, align, aline, amalgamate, arrange, array.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

key

  • access
  • accession
  • accommodate
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • adapt
  • admission
  • admittance
  • align
  • aline
  • approach
  • approval
  • arch
  • arrange
  • array
  • attainment
  • attune
  • authorization
  • balance
  • basic
  • big
  • blend
  • blueprint
  • brand
  • capital
  • caption
  • cardinal
  • celebrated
  • central
  • certification
  • chief
  • cipher
  • clue
  • code
  • combine
  • conciliate
  • conform
  • connect
  • coordinate
  • core
  • correlate
  • coup
  • critical
  • crucial
  • crux
  • cue
  • decisive
  • design
  • distinguished
  • dominant
  • door
  • doorway
  • dovetail
  • earmark
  • elementary
  • eminent
  • entrance
  • entree
  • entry
  • equalize
  • essential
  • even
  • explanation
  • famed
  • famous
  • first
  • fit
  • foremost
  • fulcrum
  • fundamental
  • fuse
  • gateway
  • grand
  • great
  • greatest
  • ground plan
  • guide
  • harmonize
  • high-level
  • highest
  • hinge
  • illustrious
  • important
  • incomparable
  • index
  • indicator
  • indispensable
  • influential
  • ingress
  • instrumental
  • integrate
  • interpretation
  • join
  • latchkey
  • lead
  • leading
  • legend
  • lever
  • life-and-death
  • life-or-death
  • main
  • major
  • manner
  • marker
  • master
  • match
  • matchless
  • material
  • means
  • merge
  • method
  • mighty
  • momentous
  • necessary
  • nexus
  • noble
  • notable
  • noteworthy
  • nucleus
  • number one
  • numero uno
  • open door
  • open sesame
  • opener
  • orchestrate
  • order
  • outstanding
  • overbearing
  • overmastering
  • overriding
  • pair
  • paramount
  • passkey
  • passport
  • password
  • permission
  • pivot
  • pivotal
  • plan
  • pointer
  • predominant
  • preeminent
  • premier
  • pressing
  • prestigious
  • primal
  • primary
  • principal
  • prior
  • program
  • proportion
  • qualification
  • reconcile
  • regularize
  • renowned
  • requisite
  • root
  • scale
  • scheme
  • screw
  • secret
  • senior
  • sign
  • signal
  • significant
  • skeleton
  • sovereign
  • sovran
  • square
  • standardize
  • star
  • stellar
  • strategy
  • style
  • success
  • suit
  • superior
  • supreme
  • symptom
  • synchronize
  • synthesize
  • system
  • table
  • technique
  • ticket
  • top
  • translation
  • triumph
  • tune
  • unequaled
  • unequalled
  • unify
  • unite
  • unparalleled
  • unsurpassed
  • urgent
  • vital
  • way
  • weighty
  • welcome mat

pairing

  • accommodating
  • adapting
  • affiliation
  • aligning
  • alining
  • alliance
  • amalgamating
  • arranging
  • arraying
  • associating
  • attaching
  • attuning
  • balancing
  • blend
  • blending
  • bond
  • bridging
  • bringing together
  • catch
  • codifying
  • combination
  • combining
  • conciliating
  • concomitance
  • concordance
  • conforming
  • connecting
  • connection
  • connective
  • connotation
  • consolidating
  • coordinating
  • copulating
  • copulation
  • correlating
  • correlation
  • coupler
  • coupling
  • dovetailing
  • duet
  • equalizing
  • espousal
  • evening
  • fastening
  • fitting
  • fusing
  • harmonizing
  • identification
  • impression
  • integrating
  • intercourse
  • interlacing
  • intertwining
  • joined
  • joining
  • joint
  • juxtaposition
  • keying
  • link
  • linkage
  • linking
  • lumping together
  • marriage
  • marshaling
  • marshalling
  • matching
  • mating
  • merging
  • methodizing
  • mingling
  • mixing
  • mixture
  • orchestrating
  • ordering
  • organizing
  • pair
  • partnership
  • proportioning
  • recollection
  • reconciling
  • regularizing
  • relating
  • relation
  • remembrance
  • seam
  • sex
  • squaring
  • standardizing
  • suiting
  • synchronizing
  • synthesizing
  • systematizing
  • systemizing
  • tie
  • train of thought
  • tuning
  • tying together
  • unifying
  • union
  • uniting
  • welding
  • yoke

join

  • abut
  • abutment
  • accompany
  • add
  • adhere
  • adjoin
  • affiliate
  • affix
  • agglutinate
  • align
  • ally
  • annex
  • append
  • articulate
  • articulation
  • assemble
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attach
  • attachment
  • be adjacent to
  • be at hand
  • be close to
  • be contiguous to
  • be in
  • blend
  • bound
  • bracket
  • butt
  • catenate
  • cement
  • chain
  • clamp
  • clasp
  • clip
  • cluster
  • coadunate
  • coalesce
  • collaborate
  • combine
  • come aboard
  • communicate
  • compound
  • concatenate
  • concert
  • concourse
  • concrete
  • concur
  • confederate
  • confluence
  • congregate
  • conjoin
  • conjugate
  • connect
  • connection
  • connive
  • consort
  • conspire
  • constellate
  • contact
  • convene
  • converge
  • cooperate
  • copulate
  • cord
  • couple
  • coupling
  • dovetail
  • embrace
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • enlist
  • enroll
  • enter
  • entwine
  • extend
  • fall in with
  • fasten
  • fence
  • flank
  • follow
  • fringe
  • fuse
  • gather
  • get in
  • go to
  • grapple
  • hang together
  • hem
  • hitch
  • hitch on
  • hook
  • inclose
  • incorporate
  • integrate
  • interconnect
  • interconnection
  • interface
  • interfuse
  • interlace
  • interlink
  • interlock
  • intermesh
  • intermix
  • intersection
  • joining
  • joint
  • jointure
  • junction
  • juncture
  • juxtapose
  • knit
  • league
  • leash
  • lie beside
  • lie near
  • lie next to
  • line
  • link
  • lock
  • lump together
  • make common cause
  • march
  • margin
  • marry
  • mate
  • meet
  • meeting
  • melt
  • mingle with
  • mix
  • neighbor
  • nexus
  • open into
  • pair
  • pair with
  • parallel
  • play ball
  • plug into
  • pull together
  • put together
  • re-up
  • reach
  • recombine
  • reconnect
  • reenlist
  • reenroll
  • reenter
  • rejoin
  • reunify
  • reunite
  • rim
  • seam
  • side with
  • sign on
  • sign up
  • skirt
  • slap on
  • span
  • splice
  • stick together
  • string
  • surround
  • suture
  • tack on
  • tag on
  • take part in
  • take up with
  • team up with
  • throw in with
  • tie
  • tie up
  • tie up with
  • touch
  • trench on
  • unify
  • union
  • unite
  • verge on
  • weave
  • wed
  • weld
  • wire
  • yoke

tandem

  • aggregation
  • band
  • barouche
  • bike
  • body
  • brougham
  • buckboard
  • buggy
  • bunch
  • cab
  • cabriolet
  • calash
  • caleche
  • caroche
  • carriage
  • carryall
  • chaise
  • chariot
  • club
  • coach
  • company
  • contingent
  • coupe
  • curricle
  • cycle
  • diligence
  • dogcart
  • droshky
  • drosky
  • duo
  • equipage
  • faction
  • four-in-hand
  • foursome
  • gang
  • gig
  • go-cart
  • hackney
  • hackney coach
  • hansom
  • hansom cab
  • jaunting car
  • landau
  • lineup
  • organization
  • outfit
  • pair
  • partners
  • party
  • phaeton
  • post chaise
  • rig
  • roadster
  • rockaway
  • sect
  • set
  • side
  • span
  • squad
  • stable
  • stage
  • stagecoach
  • stanhope
  • string
  • surrey
  • tilbury
  • tonga
  • trap
  • trio
  • troika
  • troop
  • troupe
  • turnout
  • two-wheeler
  • unit
  • velocipede
  • victoria
  • wheels
  • workers
  • yoke

accommodate

  • abet
  • acclimate
  • acclimatize
  • accord
  • accustom
  • acquaint
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • afford
  • agree
  • aid
  • align
  • aline
  • alter
  • appease
  • arrange
  • array
  • assist
  • attend
  • attune
  • avail
  • balance
  • barrack
  • bend
  • bend over backwards
  • benefit
  • bestow
  • billet
  • bivouac
  • blend
  • board
  • bow
  • bunk
  • camp
  • carry
  • chamber
  • coddle
  • combine
  • comfort
  • comply
  • compose
  • conciliate
  • condition
  • conform
  • connect
  • contain
  • convenience
  • convert
  • coordinate
  • correct
  • correlate
  • correspond
  • customize
  • defer
  • delight
  • doctor
  • domicile
  • dovetail
  • edit
  • encamp
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • enfold
  • ensconce
  • entertain
  • equalize
  • equip
  • establish
  • even
  • familiarize
  • fashion
  • favor
  • fine-tune
  • fit
  • furnish
  • fuse
  • gear
  • gladden
  • go by the book
  • go with the flow
  • gratify
  • habilitate
  • habituate
  • harbor
  • harden
  • harmonize
  • help
  • hold
  • home
  • house
  • humor
  • inclose
  • indulge
  • integrate
  • inure
  • join
  • key
  • lodge
  • make consistent
  • make over
  • match
  • merge
  • model
  • modify
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • naturalize
  • oblige
  • orchestrate
  • order
  • orient
  • orientate
  • pacify
  • pair
  • pamper
  • pattern
  • phase
  • placate
  • play the game
  • please
  • prepare
  • prime
  • proportion
  • provide
  • put
  • put up
  • quarter
  • readapt
  • readjust
  • ready
  • recast
  • receive
  • reclaim
  • reconcile
  • recycle
  • redesign
  • redevelop
  • redo
  • reengineer
  • refashion
  • refigure
  • refit
  • refocus
  • register
  • regularize
  • regulate
  • rehearse
  • reinvent
  • rejigger
  • relieve
  • remake
  • remodel
  • rent
  • revamp
  • revise
  • rework
  • rig
  • roof
  • room
  • roost
  • root
  • satisfy
  • season
  • seat
  • secure
  • serve
  • settle
  • shape
  • shape up
  • shed
  • shelter
  • square
  • stable
  • standardize
  • submit
  • succor
  • suit
  • supply
  • support
  • sustain
  • synchronize
  • synthesize
  • tailor
  • tailor-make
  • take
  • take in
  • tent
  • toughen
  • train
  • transform
  • tune
  • unify
  • unite
  • welcome
  • yield

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