Synonyms for pair
pɛərpair

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1. pairnoun

   Synonyms:
   duo

2. pairnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   duo

3. pairnoun

   To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.

   The wedding guests were paired boy-girl and groom's party-bride's party

   Synonyms:
   duo

4. pairnoun

   Two people in a relationship, partnership (especially sexual) or friendship.

   Spouses should make a great pair.

   Synonyms:
   duo

5. pairnoun

   Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plurale tantum)

   Synonyms:
   duo

6. pairnoun

   A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.

   A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.

   Synonyms:
   duo

7. pairnoun

   A poker hand that contains of two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.

   Synonyms:
   duo

8. pairnoun

   A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match

   Synonyms:
   duo

9. pairnoun

   A double play, two outs recorded in one play

   They turned a pair to end the fifth.

   Synonyms:
   duo

10. pairnoun

    A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams

    The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.

    Synonyms:
    duo

11. pairnoun

    A pair of breasts

    She's got a gorgeous pair.

    Synonyms:
    duo

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pair

   Synonyms:
   two, couple, span, brace

   Antonyms:
   one, several

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. pair, bracenoun

   a set of two similar things considered as a unit

   Synonyms:
   duad, brace, bracing, orthodontic braces, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, bitstock, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

2. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun

   two items of the same kind

   Synonyms:
   pas de deux, duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, coupling, bridge, yoke, gallus, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, suspender, braces, straddle, brace, twain, duette, couple, span, duo, distich

3. pairnoun

   two people considered as a unit

   Synonyms:
   brace, span, twosome, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, yoke, duo, twain

4. pairverb

   a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value

   Synonyms:
   brace, span, twosome, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, yoke, duo, twain

5. pair, pair off, partner off, coupleverb

   form a pair or pairs

   "The two old friends paired off"

   Synonyms:
   partner off, twin, couple, couple on, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off, couple up

6. match, mate, couple, pair, twinverb

   bring two objects, ideas, or people together

   "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

   Synonyms:
   fit, parallel, match, play off, touch, duplicate, gibe, equate, copulate, couple on, checkmate, meet, agree, partner off, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, geminate, mate, pair off, couple, correspond, equalise, couple up, oppose, twin, jibe

7. pair, geminateverb

   occur in pairs

   Synonyms:
   partner off, reduplicate, twin, couple, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off

8. pair, geminateverb

   arrange in pairs

   "Pair these numbers"

   Synonyms:
   partner off, reduplicate, twin, couple, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off

9. copulate, mate, pair, coupleverb

   engage in sexual intercourse

   "Birds mate in the Spring"

   Synonyms:
   partner off, checkmate, twin, couple, couple on, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off, couple up

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1. pairnoun

   Synonyms:
   two (of the same kind or suited to each other), couple, brace, SPAN

2. pairverb

   Synonyms:
   couple

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1. pairnoun

   Synonyms:
   two, brace, couple, span, team, yoke, set

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1. List of paraphrases for "pair":

   pairs, couple, torque, peers, couples, by, doublet, pares

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How to use pair in a sentence?

1. Steve Vladeck:

   Just last year, the justices refused to step into the middle of the debate over partisan gerrymandering, finding ways to avoid ruling on the merits of a pair of cases arising out of Wisconsin and Maryland, the question is whether anything has changed such that we should expect something different in the two new cases The Supreme Court is going to hear in March.

2. Pierre Lacey:

   He's going to walk a quarter mile from his house in a pair of shoes that's two sizes too small after he takes off his new pair of shoes - and this is a 17-year-old black kid with a brand new pair of Jordan's on. He's going to take those Jordan's off and just get rid of them and put on some shoes that's not his -- we don't know where he got them from, no laces in them -- and continue to walk down this dirt road late at night to swing set in the middle of the trailer park and hang himself, how can I believe that.

3. Alissa Rumsey:

   It still has a good deal of sodium, so pair it with a piece of fresh fruit and make sure to drink plenty of water.

4. Connie LaBouff:

   The single strap hook and loop will allow him to put his shoes on and adjust them to the tightness he personally needs, the reinforced toe means that he will be able to wear a pair he is used to longer without the anxiety of changing shoes.

5. Jim Ambrose:

   The guiding principle was pair-bonding with a man and to be even more specific, to make sure that I possessed a proper vessel for an erect penis, the end goal wasn't that I would be a sexually satisfied woman, or a person who was curious about other forms of sexuality. ... Jim Ambrose personal sexual pleasure wasn't taken into account.