1 | noun | a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc 2 | 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 3 | adjective | being essentially equal to something
ikw'ivuhluhnt (IPA: ɪkwˈɪvələnt)
e-quiv-a-lent (10 letters | 4 syllables)
1460 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (565 years ago)
Latin
written: 3586th most common (1 in 20833 words) (56% adjective | 44% noun)
spoken: 3596th most common (1 in 58824 words)
(includes some inflected forms)
equivalents
combining weight | eq | equivalent weight | tantamount
counterpart | opposite number | replacement | substitute | vis-a-vis (total: 5)
cognition | knowledge | noesis | atomic mass | atomic weight | relative atomic mass (total: 6)
ambivalent (based on typical American pronunciation)
equivalence | equivalency | equivalently | inequivalent
(none among common words)
cash equivalent | common stock equivalent | equivalent-binary-digit factor | equivalent weight | equivalent word | law of equivalent proportions | spousal equivalent | spouse equivalent (total: 8)
equivalent.com | equivalent.net | equivalent.org | equivalent.info | equivalent.biz (total: 5)
(none)
22 (International English) | 22 (North American English)