Complement
Complement verb - To serve as a completing element to.
Match is a synonym for complement. In some cases you can use "Match" instead the word "Complement" as a verb or a noun.
Match
Match verb - To be the exact counterpart of.
Usage example: the rare blood type that exactly matched that of the transplant recipient
Complement is a synonym for match in companion topic. Sometimes you can use "Complement" instead the word "Match" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as mate, counterpart, go with, correspond with.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good complement | good match |
| full | full complement | full match |
| better | better complement | better match |
| normal | normal complement | normal match |
| Other adjectives: perfect, proper, entire. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Characters who are helping her will wear colors that match or complement her clothes.
Source: Series / The Closer -
The element of red and blue combined is also significant in that she is a fusion of the very red Ruby and the very blue Sapphire, who complement and match each other to such a degree that Garnet is basically a perfect fusion.
Source: Purple Is Powerful - Match Game: Although it was more a case of Gene Rayburn misspeaking in the infamous blooper reel outtake where he was trying to complement a pretty contestant's dimples but instead said "nipples."
Source: That Came Out Wrong
Cite this Source
Match and Complement. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/complement/match
Complement & Match. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/complement/match>.
Match or Complement. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/complement/match.
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