matching

CIDE DICTIONARY

matching, adj. 

•  having identical or closely similar appearance or properties; as, a pair of matching candlesticks.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  Harmonious and pleasing in appearance when used together; as, a matching skirt and blouse.  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

matching

Olympic games, Olympics, allegory, analogous, analogy, balancing, bout, chromatic, cold, colorific, coloring, comparable, comparative anatomy, comparative degree, comparative grammar, comparative judgment, comparative linguistics, comparative literature, comparative method, compare, comparing, comparison, complementary, concours, confrontation, confrontment, contest, contrast, contrastiveness, cool, correlation, correspondent, corresponding, derby, dichromatic, distinction, distinctiveness, duplicate, encounter, engagement, equivalent, fight, game, games, glowing, go, gymkhana, harmonious, homologous, identical, joust, like, likening, many-colored, match, medley, meet, meeting, metaphor, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley, of a kind, of a piece, of a size, opposing, opposition, parallel, paralleling, parallelism, parti-colored, pigmentary, polychromatic, prismatic, proportion, rainbow, rally, relation, rencontre, simile, similitude, spectral, test, tilt, tinctorial, tingent, toning, tournament, tourney, trial, trope of comparison, twin, variegated, warm, weighing

ROGET THESAURUS

matching

Comparison

N comparison, collation, contrast, identification, comparative estimate, relative estimate, relativity, simile, similitude, analogy (similarity), allegory, matching, pattern-matching, ratio, proportion (number), discrimination, indiscrimination, identification, comparative, metaphorical, compared with, comparable, judged by comparison, relatively, as compared with, comparisons are odious, comparisons are odorous.