MATCH-UP as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • it was a good match-up but the home team won
    • we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools
    Hypernyms(s) match-up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower