1. Going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities
   "The matched set of furniture created a cohesive look in the room"
    
2. Provided with a worthy adversary or competitor
   "matched teams"

1. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
   "The two versions of the story don't quite match";
   - fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree, marry, marry up, square
    
2. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
   "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?";
   - mate, couple, pair, twin
    
3. Provide funds complementary to
   "The company matched the employees' contributions"
    
4. Be equal to in quality or ability
   "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents";
   - equal, touch, rival
    
5. Make correspond or harmonize
   "Match my sweater";
   - fit
    
6. Be equal or harmonize
   "The two pieces match"
    
7. Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
   "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors";
   - equal, equalize, equalise [Brit], equate
    
8. Arrange a marriage between people
   "The parents matched their daughter with the merchant's son"
    
9. Set into opposition or rivalry
   "let them match their best athletes against ours";
   - pit, oppose, play off

See also: compatible, competitive, competitory, coordinated, co-ordinated, duplicate, matching, mated, one-to-one, paired, simpatico [informal], twin, twinned

Type of: adapt, adjust, alter, be, change, compete, conform, confront, contend, correct, face, furnish, join, modify, offer, provide, render, set, supply, vie

Antonym: disaccord [archaic], mismatched

Encyclopedia: Matched