correlative, adj. complementary, complemental, completing; corresponding, correspondent, analogous, similar; reciprocal, mutual, interrelated, interlinked, interconnected, correspond, v. 1. agree, comply, concur, conform, accord, go hand in hand, go along with; coincide, match, square, fit, fit together, go together; parallel, balance, equal, rival; tally, equate, follow; chime, harmonize, cohere, stand together.
2. reciprocate, complement, coequal, stand counter; relate, correlate, pertain, appertain, belong, answer; resemble, bear resemblance, mirror, look like; compare with, measure up against, Inf. stack up with.
3. {all by letter) communicate, keep in touch or contact, maintain connection; write, epistolize, exchange letters; write to, Inf. drop a line or note to; question, query; answer, reply, respond. correspondence, n. 1. similarity, analogy, likeness, resemblance, semblance; comparison, comparability; approximation, nearness, closeness.
2. agreement, accordance, conformity, concurrence; accord, harmony, concord, concordance, consonance, line, keeping; symmetry, balance, proportion, equilibrium; reciprocity, reciprocation, correlation, coequality, mutuality; uniformity, equivalence, equivalency, oneness, sameness.
3. counterpart, complement, correspondent, equivalent, coordinate; analogue, parallel; replica, copy, imitation; close match, close imitation or copy or replica; alternate, mate, fellow, companion; twin, alter ego; chip off the old block.
4. correspondency, corresponding, agreeing, complying, concurring, conforming; coinciding, matching; paralleling, equalling, rivaling; cohering, harmonizing; reciprocating, complementing, coequaling; relating, correlating; resembling, mirroring.
5. epistolography, epistolary intercourse or communication or exchange, letter writing, written correspondence or communication; (both by writing) commerce, intercourse; mail, Brit. post.
6. letters, epistles, missives, messages, favors, Obs. billets; notes, chits, lines; dispatches, bulletins; postcards. correspondent, n. 1. letter writer, pen pal; (both by letter) writer, communicator.
2. reporter, Inf. leg man; Journalism, stringer or string correspondent, Journalism, staffer, (by letter) contributor; foreign or special or war correspondent; journalist, newsman, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, Brit, pressman, gentleman of the press, Archaic, gazetteer.
3. correlative, analogue, parallel; counterpart, equivalent, coordinate; reciprocator; replica, copy, imitation, close match; close replica, close copy, close imitation; alternate, mate, fellow, companion; twin, alter ego; chip off the old block.
-adj. 4. analogous, comparable, parallel; similar, like, alike, not unalike; corresponding, reciprocal, re-ciprocative, answering.
5. agreeing, conforming, concordant, consonant, accordant; matching, coinciding; consistent, coherent, cohesive; synonymous, equivalent, Inf. six of one, half dozen of another; uniform, of a kind, of a piece, cast in the same mold, corridor, n. 1. passage, passageway, hall, hallway, aisle, walk, walkway, promenade, concourse; thoroughfare, causeway, thruway, channel, route, artery, driveway, path, lane, alley, alleyway, road, street, avenue, boulevard, highway, roadway.
2. arcade, gallery, loggia, colonnade, Both Archit. cloister, peristyle; piazza; lobby, foyer, vestibule, anteroom, antechamber; approach, entrance, entranceway, entryway, adit, way in.