Roget's Thesaurus

#27. Equality

Nouns

equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level. equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.]; identity etc. 13; similarity etc. 17. equalization, equation; equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment. drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat. match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent.

Verbs

be equal etc. adj.; equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast; come to, amount to, come up to; be on a level with, lie on a level with; balance; cope with; come to the same thing. render equal etc. adj.; equalize level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt etc. (render accordant) 23; strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes.

Adjectives

equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark; equiparant. equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous etc. 522; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced; equalized etc. v.; drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical; isobath [Ocean.], isobathic [Ocean.].

Adverbs

equally etc. adj.; pari passu [Lat.], ad eundum [Lat.], caeteris paribus [Lat.]; in equilibrio [Lat.]; to all intents and purposes.

Phrases

it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.