Match
Match verb - To be the exact counterpart of.
Range
Range verb - To arrange or assign according to type.
How words are described
| close | close match | close range |
| good | good match | good range |
| full | full match | full range |
| best | best match | best range |
| Other adjectives: long, better, normal, standard, poor, actual, entire, real, big, unlimited, great, decent, closer. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- His spear range attack flies at head level (and attacks to the head are almost always one hit kills), and can end a match within a second if the opponent doesn't move out of the way IMMEDIATELY.
Source: Game Breaker / Other -
The tactics was for Vipers to provide cover against Raiders until the battlestar got in close range with the basestar, which could then be obliterated in a short-range slugging match.
Source: The Battlestar - In Dragon in Exile, Kamele learns to shoot, and ends up taking down a mobster who has the poor sense to attack the shooting range where she is competing in a match.
Source: Literature / Liaden Universe
Cite this Source
Range and Match. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/range
Match & Range. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/range>.
Range or Match. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/match/range.
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