matching

Having the same color, shape, or design as something else.

• They wore matching shirts.
• We bought a sofa with matching chairs.
• Do you have matching curtains for this room?

Similar words: identical, coordinated

Opposites: mismatched

Common phrases: matching curtains, matching outfits, matching chairs

Suitable to go together with another thing as its partner or other half.

• I found the matching sock.
• The drawer contains each lock and its matching key.
• Where is the matching piece for this connector?

Similar words: corresponding, complementary

Common phrases: matching sock, matching key, matching piece

The process of putting people or things together because they fit or belong together.

• Color matching takes practice.
• The matching of volunteers with families begins next week.
• Better matching helps people find suitable jobs.

How to use it: matching of A with B (The matching of students with tutors takes time.)

Similar words: pairing

Common phrases: color matching, matching of something, careful matching

A group of lines in a mathematical network where no two lines share an endpoint.

• This graph has a perfect matching.
• The algorithm finds a maximum matching.
• Adding that edge would break the matching.

Common phrases: perfect matching, maximum matching, matching in something