- equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- corresponding in position, function, etc.: In some ways their prime minister is equivalent to our president.
- having the same extent, as a triangle and a square of equal area.
- (of two sets) able to be placed in one-to-one correspondence.
- having the same capacity to combine or react chemically.
- something that is equivalent.
- equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, significance, etc
- having the same or a similar effect or meaning
- maths
- having a particular property in common; equal
- (of two equations or inequalities) having the same set of solutions
- (of two sets) having the same cardinal number
- (of two propositions) having an equivalence between them
- something that is equivalent
- short for equivalent weight
