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Definition of match : 1. A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like
2. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
3. A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.
4. A matrimonial union; a marriage.
5. A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.
6. A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.
7. Alt. of race
8. An agreement, compact, etc.
9. Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
10. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
11. Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.
12. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
13. To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
14. To be united in marriage; to mate.
15. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.
16. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.
17. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit ( one thing to another).
18. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.
19. To marry; to give in marriage.
20. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

Synonyms:

find out, encounter, gimmick, ascertain, tinct, refer, go, double, marriage, fuse, assemble, harmonize, condition, fit out, receive, touch, mark, gybe, daystar, first mate, cope with, concord, geminate, taking into custody, hold, race, equalise, forgather, teammate, twain, fellow, turn back, add together, hold back, duad, check over, pinch, partner off, go over, consort, chequer, contain, foregather, spouse, fill, catch, pertain, agree, get even, tally, stop, hit, better half, check out, hold in, couple up, correspondent, pair off, fit, same, satisfy, come to, equip, chalk up, see to it, tick off, play, snatch, determine, group, oppose, arrest, accord, correlative, insure, barrack, conform to, morning star, advert, have-to doe with, extend to, event, copulate, peer, check off, score, suit, come across, jeer, react, couple on, fit in, flout, contradict, stir, summate, defend, bear upon, collar, tot up, tick, concur, Lucifer, curb, rivalry, scar, affect, scoff, light, add, congener, duplicate, competition, suffer, equivalent, apprehension, union, fulfill, jib, checkmate, grab, fight down, check into, rival, counterbalance, crack, accommodate, run across, play off, mates, partner, learn, outfit, tint, converge, haul, harmonise, tote up, discipline, look into, jibe, concern, controvert, total, train, relate, suss out, sum up, distich, impact, reach, take on, sport, stand for, ensure, be, allude, rack up, counterpart, adjoin, stone, break, fight back, tot, pit, bear on, approximation, gibe, fight, pock, retard, delay, snap, companion, check up on, check, assure, espousal, the Tempter, watch, analogue, change course, tinge, touch on, see, mark off, represent, correlate, contact, moderate, friction match, checker, get together, disturb, gather, mate, partake, fulfil, compeer, add up, sum, married person, equate, control, run into

couple, twosome, duet, span, duo, dyad, yoke, team, pair, two, brace, couplet, doublet

compare, liken, parallel, contrast, allegorize

equal, balance, meet, equalize

correspond

imitation, similitude, alikeness, likeness, resemblance, analogy, twin, closeness, similarity, sameness, semblance, analog

Usage examples:

• No, I never was much of a match. - "The Greater Inclination", Edith Wharton.
• Did you break off the match? - "The House of Martha", Frank R. Stockton.
• I confess to you that I am more than ever anxious for the match; I cannot part with that dear child, and you can bring her back to me." - "Newton Forster", Frederick Marryat.