correspondence
n.
exchange of letters; agreement; similarity
Correspondence
correspondence
Noun
1. communication by the exchange of letters
(hypernym) written communication, written language
(hyponym) card
(part-meronym) letter, missive
(derivation) correspond
2. compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
(synonym) agreement
(hypernym) compatibility
(hyponym) conformity, conformance
(derivation) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
3. the relation of correspondence in degree or size or amount
(synonym) commensurateness, proportionateness
(hypernym) proportion, proportionality
4. a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set
(synonym) mapping, map
(hypernym) function, mathematical function
(hyponym) isometry
5. communication by exchange of letters
(hypernym) first class, 1st class, first-class mail, 1st-class mail, priority mail
(derivation) correspond
6. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
(synonym) symmetry, symmetricalness, balance
(hypernym) spatial property, spatiality
(hyponym) regularity, geometrical regularity
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
7. similarity by virtue of correspondence
(synonym) parallelism
(hypernym) similarity
Correspondence
(n.)
The letters which pass between correspondents.
(n.)
Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.
(n.)
Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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correspondence
Synonyms and related words:
ESP, PP, RD, RFD, accommodation, accompaniment, accord, accordance, account, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, adjustment, affinity, agape, agreement, airmail, alikeness, alliance, amity, analogy, annals, answer, aping, approach, approximation, assent, assimilation, association, balance, bilateral symmetry, bonds of harmony, book post, brotherly love, cahoots, calm, caritas, catalog, cement of friendship, charity, chorus, chronicle, closeness, co-working, coaction, coequality, coextension, coherence, coincidence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, commerce, communication, communion, community, community of interests, comparability, comparison, compatibility, compliance, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concord, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conformance, conformation, conformation other-direction, conformity, congeniality, congress, congruence, congruency, congruity, conjunction, connection, consilience, consistency, consonance, consort, conspiracy, constancy, contact, continuity, conventionality, conversation, converse, cooperation, copying, corelation, correlation, correlativism, correlativity, dealing, dealings, direct mail, direct-mail selling, documentation, dynamic symmetry, empathy, equability, equality, equanimity, equation, equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, esprit, esprit de corps, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, exchange, express, feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, finish, flexibility, fourth-class mail, frank, frictionlessness, good vibes, good vibrations, halfpenny post, happy family, harmony, history, homogeneity, homoousia, identity, imitation, indistinguishability, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, intersection, inventory, inverse proportion, inverse ratio, inverse relationship, junction, junk mail, justice, keeping, kinship, letter post, letters, levelness, like-mindedness, likeness, likening, line, linguistic intercourse, list, love, mail, mail-order selling, mailing list, malleability, memorial, message, mimicking, monolithism, multilateral symmetry, mutuality, nearness, newspaper post, no difference, obedience, observance, oneness, orthodoxy, overlap, par, parallelism, parasitism, parcel post, parity, peace, persistence, pipe roll, pliancy, poise, polarity, post, post day, proportion, proportionality, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, reconcilement, reconciliation, record, recording, register, registered mail, registry, regularity, relativity, relic, remains, reply, resemblance, response, roll, rolls, roster, rota, rural delivery, rural free delivery, sameness, saprophytism, scroll, sea mail, seapost, self-consistency, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, semblance, shapeliness, sharing, similarity, simile, similitude, simulation, simultaneity, social intercourse, solidarity, speaking, special delivery, special handling, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, strictness, surface mail, symbiosis, symmetricalness, symmetry, sympathy, symphony, sync, synchronism, synergy, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, table, talking, tally, team spirit, telepathy, timing, token, touch, trace, traditionalism, traffic, trilateral symmetry, truck, two-way communication, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, united action, unity, unruffledness, vestige
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.