Approximate
Approximate verb - To come near or nearer to in character or quality.
Usage example: Rob's violin performance last night didn't even approximate what he's really capable of when he's not feeling sick
Match and approximate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Match" instead a verb "Approximate".
Match
Match verb - To produce something equal to (as in quality or value).
Usage example: no one has ever been able to match that novel for its portrayal of the horrors of war
Approximate and match are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approximate" instead a verb "Match".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| style | approximate style | match style |
| name | approximate name | match name |
| form | approximate form | match form |
| description | approximate description | match description |
Both words in one sentence
- An implication of this idea is our world is inherently flawed; it can only approximate "the good" and it can never match it.
Source: Useful Notes / Objectivism - Basically, how bad each match was would be measured by the approximate refund amount to justify not complaining about it.
Source: Broke the Rating Scale
Cite this Source
Match and Approximate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approximate/match
Approximate & Match. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/approximate/match>.
Match or Approximate. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/approximate/match.
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