a person who is of equal standing with another in a group, A person or thing of equal status to others, One who or that which is not different in all or some respects from another; specifically, one who is not inferior or superior to another; a person having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, etc, adjective_ having the same quantity, value, or measure as another, having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task, verb_ make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching, be equal to in quality or ability, transitive verb_ To make equal return to; to recompense fully, To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality