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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe (an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect) "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

S: (v) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics) "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

S: (v) consist (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous) "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end"
S: (v) look (accord in appearance with) "You don't look your age!"
S: (v) answer (match or correspond) "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
S: (v) coincide (be the same) "our views on this matter coincided"
S: (v) align (be or come into adjustment with)
S: (v) correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation) "Do these facts correlate?"
S: (v) parallel (be parallel to) "Their roles are paralleled by ours"
S: (v) twin, duplicate, parallel (duplicate or match) "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
S: (v) square (be compatible with) "one idea squares with another"
S: (v) corroborate, underpin, bear out, support (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm) "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
S: (v) resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to) "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"

S: (v) look like (bear a physical resemblance to) "She looks like her mother"
S: (v) come to life (be lifelike, as of a painting) "If you look at it long enough, this portrait comes to life!"
S: (v) take after (be similar to a relative) "She takes after her father!"
S: (v) approximate, come close (be close or similar) "Her results approximate my own"

S: (v) border on, approach (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character) "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

S: (v) converge (approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit)

S: (v) ape (imitate uncritically and in every aspect) "Her little brother apes her behavior"
S: (v) emulate (imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software)
S: (v) follow suit (do what someone else is doing)

S: (v) homologize (be homologous) "A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs"
S: (v) befit, suit, beseem (accord or comport with) "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
S: (v) harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree (go together) "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"

S: (v) coordinate (be co-ordinated) "These activities coordinate well"
S: (v) blend, go, blend in (blend or harmonize) "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs"

S: (v) pattern (form a pattern) "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
S: (v) adhere (be compatible or in accordance with) "You must adhere to the rules"
S: (v) rhyme, rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable) "hat and cat rhyme"

S: (v) assonate (correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance) "The accented vowels assonated in this poem"

S: (v) jibe, gybe, jib, change course (shift from one side of the ship to the other) "The sail jibbed wildly"