Pairs


Synonyms for pair
noun two of something

combination
duo
couple
two
team

match
twosome
span
combine
yoke

brace
duality
mates
twins
combo

dyad
deuce
doublet
two of a kind

Antonyms for pairs

one

single

Synonyms
verb make, become a twosome

marry
mate
combine
join
wed

couple
unite
twin
bracket
yoke

team
balance
match
put together
match up

pair off
pair up

Antonyms

disjoin
disconnect

divide
separate

sever

Usage Notes

When used without a modifier, pairs is the only possible plural: Pairs of skaters glided over the ice. When modified by a number, pairs is the more common form, especially referring to persons: Six pairs of masked dancers led the procession. The unmarked plural pair is used mainly in reference to inanimate objects or nonhumans: He has three pair (or pairs) of loafers. Two pair (or pairs) of barn owls have nested on our property. Pair signifying two individuals can take either a singular or plural verb, but it is usually followed by a plural verb and referred to by a plural pronoun: The guilty pair have not been seen since their escape. In the sense “a set or combination of more than two objects forming a collective whole,” pair occurs chiefly in fixed phrases: a pair of beads; a pair of stairs. This use is now somewhat old-fashioned. See also collective noun, couple.

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