Individual and Pair

Individual

Individual noun - A member of the human race.

Pair and individual are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pair" instead a noun "Individual".

Pair

Pair noun - Two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together.
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Synonyms for Pair

Individual and pair are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Individual" instead a noun "Pair".

Nearby Words: paired, pairing

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

good good individual good pair
special special individual special pair
particular particular individual particular pair
normal normal individual normal pair
Other adjectives: specific, certain, single, powerful, actual, decent, new, broken, mysterious, odd, different, eponymous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / Tennis Tennis is largely an individual and pair sport, but team events are not unheard of.
  • Tabletop Game / Traveller They are born in brother-sister pairs and when they mate one pair is bonded with another pair instead of one individual.
  • The Stars Are Going Out Likewise, the Magellanic Clouds can be seen as a pair of cloud-like nebulae if you're far enough south, but you can't resolve the individual stars.
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