Synonyms:
equivalent, tantamount(p)
Meaning: being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
equivalent
Meaning: a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"
Usage examples
There on the floor is the equivalent to an emperor's ransom.
She had been recognized as equivalent to an Empress-regnant who had abdicated.
They were not to be had in the Pension Murphy; but their equivalent was at hand.
It is the equivalent, on a very small scale, of the larger legs of the Crayfish.
Bow and Arrow set for Beasts.--The Chinese have some equivalent contrivance with bows and arrows.
Thinking is thus equivalent to an explicit rendering of the intelligent element in our experience.
It needs the eyes of faith to see in these ruins the equivalent of the edifices built inside my cages.
If this or its equivalent be refused, reduce the fort as your judgment decides to be most practicable.
The force of repetition is great; it is, in fact, taken by a vast majority of men as the equivalent of proof.
With Jackson tied up before Harper's Ferry, Lee's defeat is sure, unless he retreats across the Potomac, and that would be equivalent to a defeat.