things; caparison, harness, trappings, tack, tackle, rigging; All Mil. arms, munitions, materiel.
equipment, n.1. apparatus, gear, accouterments, furnishings, furniture, appurtenances, appointments; tools, contrivances, machinery; implements, appliances, utensils, conveniences; fixtures, fittings, paraphernalia, habiliments, Inf.
things; outfit, outfitting, turnout, rig; supplies, material, wherewithal; caparison, harness, trappings, tack, tackle, rigging; All Mil. arms, armaments, munitions, materiel.
2. belongings, effects, chattels; kit, duffel; bags, baggage, bag and baggage, luggage.
3. provision, providing, supply, supplying, accouterment, furnishing, furnishment; outfitting, fitting out; arrangement; preparation, preparing, readying.
4. knowledge, expertise, technique, Inf.
know-how,
SI.
savvy; experience, background, qualifications; ability, capability, capacity, makings, SI.
the stuff, SI.
the goods, Sl.
what it takes; talent, flair, gift, knack, instinct, faculty, genius.
equipoise, n.1. balance, equilibrium, equipol-lence. See - equilibrium (def.1).
2. counterpoise, counterbalance, counterweight, countercheck; weight, stabilizer, equalizer, neutralizer, makeweight, ballast; compensation, offset, Latin, quid pro quo, recompense, requital, Literary,
guerdon.
equitable, adj.1. just, fair, impartial, fairminded, even, even-handed; unbiased, disinterested, dispassionate, unprejudiced, open-minded, broad-minded, tolerant, neutral; unswayed, unbigoted, unwarped, undistorted.
2. rightful, right, lawful, legitimate, Inf.
kosher, legal, licit, constitutional; justifiable, defensible, warrantable, supportable, reasonable; judicious, well-advised, sensible, wise.
3. upright, righteous, honorable, upstanding, noble; ethical, proper, moral, conscionable; principled, high-minded, right-minded, uncorrupt; good, sincere, true, scrupulous; honest, truthful, veracious, straight, Inf. square, Inf.
fair and square, meet.
equity, n.
1. justice, fairness, fair play, impartiality, impartialness, fair-mindedness, evenness, even-handedness, equitableness; unprejudicedness, objectivity, disinterestedness, dispassionateness, openmindedness, broad-mindedness, tolerance, neutrality.
2. rightfulness, lawfulness, justness, legitimacy, legitimateness, legality, constitutionality; justifiability, defensibility, warrantableness, supportability, supportableness; reasonableness, reasonability, judiciousness, sensibleness.
3. uprightness, righteousness, honorableness, upstandingness, nobility, nobleness; honor, integrity, probity, virtuousness, virtue, rectitude; ethicalness, ethicality, propriety, morality, rightness, conscion-ableness; high-mindedness, right-mindedness, uncor-ruptedness; goodness, sincerity, conscientiousness, scrupulousness; honesty, truthfulness, veracity, openness, Inf.
straightforwardness.
equivalence, n.
1. parity, coequality, parallelism, equipollence, equipollency; equality, identity, par, oneness, sameness; reciprocity, reciprocation, correlation, mutuality.