I bought a pair of shoes.
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Pair
//pɛə//
Synonyms for "pair" (318 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (64)
Strong matches (95)
clubclub togetherclubsclumpclustercollectcolligatecollocatecombinecome togethercomparecompilecomplex numbercompriseconcatenateconfederateconglobulateconglomerateconjoinconjugate
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connectconsociateconspirecorralcouple upcoupletcovercrapscumulatedecimaldeckdefective numberdeucediamonddiamondsdifferentialdig updigitaldistichdoubledouble harnessdouble-harnessdouble-teamdoubletdoubletondraw togetherdredge updrive togetherduadduetdummydyadembraceencompassequipageeveneven numberexponentialface cardsfederalizefederatefiguralfigurativefinitefinite numberflushfour-in-handfractionfull houseganggang upgathergather ingather togethergaussian integerget inget togethergluego in partnersgo in partnershipgrouphandheartshook uphook up with
Related words (159)
imaginaryimaginary numberimpairimpossibleincludeinfiniteinfinityintegerintegralirrationalirrational numberjackjoinjoin forcesjoin fortunes withjoin togetherjoin up withjoin withjokerjuxtapose
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kingknaveknotlay togetherleagueleft bowerlinklogarithmiclook-alikeslump togethermake upmarrymarshalmassmatching pairmatematesmergemixed numbermobilizemusternegativenumerativenumericnumericaloddordinalorganizepackpair offpartnerpicture cardspiece togetherplaying cardspolygonal numberpositivepossibleprimeprime numberpure imaginaryput togetherqueenradicalraiserake uprallyrandemrationalrational numberrealreal numberreciprocalrectangular numberrigroll into oneroundround numberround uproyal flushrubberruffscrape togetherserial numbersetset of twosingletonsnake eyessolderspadespadesspanspikespike teamsplicestand togetherstand up withstick togetherstraightsurdtake intake uptandemtapeteamteam upteam up withteam withthe twothree-upthrow in withtietie intie in withtie up withtranscendentaltranscendental numbertransfinite numbertreytricktrumpturnouttwaintwintwinstwotwosomeunicornunifyunionizeuniteunite withwedweldwhip inwhole numberyoke
Noun(17 words)
Verb(5 words)
Slang(1 words)
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More general
16 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
123 entriesShowing 16 of 123 words.
has context
7 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
similar
2 entriesTranslations
270 translations across 98 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- çift noun (two similar or identical things)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ζεῦγος noun (two similar or identical things)
- ζεῦγος noun (two people in a relationship)
- ζεῦγος noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
Arabic
4 entries- اجواز noun (two similar or identical things)
- جوز noun (two similar or identical things)
- جوزين noun (two similar or identical things)
- زَوْج noun (two similar or identical things)
Armenian
2 entries- զույգ noun (two similar or identical things)
- զույգ noun (two people in a relationship)
Aromanian
4 entries- giugii noun (two similar or identical things)
- pãreaclje noun (two similar or identical things)
- pãreaclji noun (two similar or identical things)
- uidii noun (two similar or identical things)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cüt noun (two similar or identical things)
Basque
1 entries- biko noun (two similar or identical things)
Belarusian
1 entries- па́ра noun (two similar or identical things)
Bengali
1 entries- জোড়া noun (two similar or identical things)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дво́йка noun (two similar or identical things)
- дво́йка noun (two people in a relationship)
- чифт noun (two similar or identical things)
- чифт noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
Burmese
3 entries- ဒွေးဘော် noun (two similar or identical things)
- ယမက noun (two similar or identical things)
- အတွဲ noun (two similar or identical things)
Catalan
4 entries- parell noun (two similar or identical things)
- parell noun (used with binary nouns)
- parell noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- parella noun (two similar or identical things)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- جووت noun (two similar or identical things)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 一對 /一对 noun (two similar or identical things)
- 一對 /一对 noun (two people in a relationship)
- 一雙 /一双 noun (two people in a relationship)
- 夫婦 /夫妇 noun (two people in a relationship)
Czech
4 entries- dvojice noun (two people in a relationship)
- pár noun (two similar or identical things)
- pár noun (two people in a relationship)
- pár noun (used with binary nouns)
Danish
1 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
Dutch
4 entries- brilstand noun (cricket score)
- duo noun (two similar or identical things)
- koppel noun (two similar or identical things)
- koppel noun (two people in a relationship)
Dzongkha
1 entries- ཆ noun (two similar or identical things)
Esperanto
2 entries- duopo noun (two people in a relationship)
- paro noun (two similar or identical things)
Estonian
1 entries- paar noun (two similar or identical things)
Finnish
4 entries- daisarit noun (slang: pair of breasts)
- pari noun (two similar or identical things)
- pari noun (two people in a relationship)
- pari noun (used with binary nouns)
French
4 entries- paire noun (two similar or identical things)
- paire noun (two people in a relationship)
- paire noun (used with binary nouns)
- paire noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
Friulian
1 entries- pâr noun (two similar or identical things)
Galician
1 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
Georgian
3 entries- წყვილი noun (two similar or identical things)
- წყვილი noun (two people in a relationship)
- აწყვილებს verb (to group into sets of two)
German
4 entries- Gelenk noun (kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion)
- Paar noun (two similar or identical things)
- Paar noun (two people in a relationship)
- Pärchen noun (two people in a relationship)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺 noun (two similar or identical things)
Greek
4 entries- ζευγάρι noun (two similar or identical things)
- ζευγάρι noun (two people in a relationship)
- ζευγάρι noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- ζευγάρι noun (poker hand)
Hawaiian
1 entries- paʻa noun (two similar or identical things)
Hebrew
4 entries- זוּג noun (two similar or identical things)
- זוּג noun (two people in a relationship)
- זוּג noun (used with binary nouns)
- צֶמֶד noun (two similar or identical things)
Hindi
1 entries- जोड़ा noun (two similar or identical things)
Hungarian
2 entries- pár noun (two similar or identical things)
- pár noun (poker hand)
Icelandic
4 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
- par noun (poker hand)
- tvenna noun (poker hand)
- para verb (to group into sets of two)
Ingrian
2 entries- pari noun (two similar or identical things)
- pari noun (used with binary nouns)
Irish
4 entries- beirt noun (two people in a relationship)
- cuingir noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- péire noun (two similar or identical things)
- péire noun (poker hand)
Italian
4 entries- coppia noun (two people in a relationship)
- coppia noun (poker hand)
- coppia noun (kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion)
- paio noun (two similar or identical things)
Japanese
4 entries- ペア noun (two similar or identical things)
- ペア noun (two people in a relationship)
- 一対 noun (two similar or identical things)
- 一対 noun (two people in a relationship)
Kazakh
1 entries- жұп noun (two similar or identical things)
Khakas
1 entries- хос noun (two similar or identical things)
Khmer
1 entries- គូ noun (two similar or identical things)
Korean
4 entries- 면짝 noun (kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion)
- 일대 noun (two people in a relationship)
- 짝 noun (kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion)
- 켤레 noun (two similar or identical things)
Kumyk
3 entries- жут noun (two similar or identical things)
- чер noun (two similar or identical things)
- эки noun (two similar or identical things)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жуп noun (two similar or identical things)
- кош noun (two similar or identical things)
Lao
1 entries- ຄູ່ noun (two similar or identical things)
Latin
1 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
Latvian
3 entries- pāris noun (two similar or identical things)
- pāris noun (two people in a relationship)
- pāris noun (used with binary nouns)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pora noun (two similar or identical things)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Puer noun (two similar or identical things)
Macedonian
2 entries- пар noun (two similar or identical things)
- чифт noun (two similar or identical things)
Malay
1 entries- tokorua noun (two people in a relationship)
Mansaka
1 entries- paris noun (two similar or identical things)
Marathi
4 entries- जोडी noun (two similar or identical things)
- जोडी noun (two people in a relationship)
- जोडी noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- युगुल noun (two people in a relationship)
Middle English
4 entries- paire noun (two similar or identical things)
- paire noun (two people in a relationship)
- paire noun (used with binary nouns)
- paire noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
Mongolian
1 entries- хос noun (two similar or identical things)
Moore
1 entries- yɩɩbse noun (two similar or identical things)
Māori
4 entries- takirua noun (two people in a relationship)
- tokorua noun (poker hand)
- tōpū noun (two similar or identical things)
- tōpū noun (two people in a relationship)
Neapolitan
1 entries- paro noun (two similar or identical things)
Norman
3 entries- pathe noun (two similar or identical things)
- pathe noun (two people in a relationship)
- pathe noun (used with binary nouns)
Northern Altai
1 entries- тӧй noun (two similar or identical things)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- cot noun (two similar or identical things)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
Occitan
1 entries- parelh noun (two similar or identical things)
Odia
1 entries- ଜୋଡା noun (two similar or identical things)
Old French
2 entries- couple noun (two similar or identical things)
- couple noun (used with binary nouns)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- زوج noun (two similar or identical things)
- زوج noun (two people in a relationship)
- قوش noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- چفت noun (two similar or identical things)
Pashto
2 entries- جوړه noun (two similar or identical things)
- زوج noun (two similar or identical things)
Persian
2 entries- جفت noun (two similar or identical things)
- زوج noun (two similar or identical things)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Poa noun (two similar or identical things)
Polish
4 entries- dwoje noun (two people in a relationship)
- dwójka noun (two people in a relationship)
- dwójka noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- para noun (two similar or identical things)
Portuguese
4 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
- par noun (two people in a relationship)
- par noun (used with binary nouns)
- emparelhar verb (to group into sets of two)
Quechua
2 entries- t'inki noun (two similar or identical things)
- t'inkiy verb (to group into sets of two)
Romanian
4 entries- pereche noun (two similar or identical things)
- pereche noun (two people in a relationship)
- pereche noun (used with binary nouns)
- pereche noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
Romansch
2 entries- peera noun (two similar or identical things)
- pèra noun (two similar or identical things)
Russian
4 entries- дво́йка noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- па́ра noun (two similar or identical things)
- па́ра noun (two people in a relationship)
- па́ра noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
Sanskrit
4 entries- द्वंद्व noun (two similar or identical things)
- द्वंद्व noun (two people in a relationship)
- मिथुन noun (two similar or identical things)
- मिथुन noun (two people in a relationship)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- caigeann noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- cuingear noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- cuingire noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
- càraid noun (two similar or identical things)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
- пар noun (two similar or identical things)
Slovak
1 entries- pár noun (two similar or identical things)
Slovene
2 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
- par noun (poker hand)
Southern Altai
1 entries- кош noun (two similar or identical things)
Spanish
4 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
- par noun (kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion)
- pareja noun (two people in a relationship)
- emparejar verb (to group into sets of two)
Swahili
1 entries- jozi noun (two similar or identical things)
Swedish
3 entries- par noun (two similar or identical things)
- para verb (to group into sets of two)
- para ihop verb (to group into sets of two)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷуфт noun (two similar or identical things)
Tausug
1 entries- pasang noun (two similar or identical things)
Thai
2 entries- คู่ noun (two similar or identical things)
- คู่หนึ่ง noun (two people in a relationship)
Turkish
3 entries- çift noun (two similar or identical things)
- çift noun (two people in a relationship)
- çift noun (couple of working animals attached to work together)
Turkmen
1 entries- jübüt noun (two similar or identical things)
Ukrainian
1 entries- па́ра noun (two similar or identical things)
Urdu
1 entries- جوڑا noun (two similar or identical things)
Uyghur
2 entries- جۈپ noun (two similar or identical things)
- پار noun (two similar or identical things)
Uzbek
2 entries- juft noun (two similar or identical things)
- par noun (two similar or identical things)
Venetan
1 entries- pèr noun (two similar or identical things)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cặp noun (two similar or identical things)
- cặp noun (two people in a relationship)
- đôi noun (two similar or identical things)
Welsh
1 entries- pâr noun (two similar or identical things)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- ҷуфт noun (two similar or identical things)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאָר noun (two similar or identical things)
Zazaki
1 entries- cıt (diq) noun (two similar or identical things)
Sample sentences
37 total sentences available.
Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15,000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.
Source: tatoeba (20032)
There is a pair of scissors on the desk.
Source: tatoeba (20578)
Since the bridge looks like a pair of glasses, they call it Meganebashi.
Source: tatoeba (20796)
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