equivalent: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 22 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of equivalent
adj
Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
Example: To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.
Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.
Source: Wiktionary — equivalent.
noun
Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
An equivalent weight.
Listed forms: equivalents.
Source: Wiktionary — equivalent.
verb
- transitive
To make equivalent to; to equal.
Listed forms: equivalents, equivalenting, equivalented.
Source: Wiktionary — equivalent.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for equivalent.
adjective
being essentially equal to something
noun
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
- equivalent weight
- combining weight
- eq
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is equivalent in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of equivalent
E(1) + Q(10) + U(1) + I(1) + V(4) + A(1) + L(1) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 22 points.
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Anagrams of equivalent
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from equivalent
224 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in equivalent. Showing up to 24, longest first.