Usually means: Opponents paired for competition or comparison.
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  1. matchup: Merriam-Webster
  2. matchup: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. matchup: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. matchup: Collins English Dictionary
  5. matchup: Vocabulary.com
  6. Matchup, matchup: Wordnik
  7. matchup: Wiktionary
  8. matchup: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. matchup: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. matchup: Dictionary.com
  11. matchup: Rhymezone
  12. matchup: FreeDictionary.org
  13. matchup: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. matchup: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (matchup)

▸ noun:  A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition

Similar:
matching, pairing, pairer, go-together, doublet, match made in heaven, mate, accepted pairing, counterpart, apposition, more...

Opposite:
mismatch, non-match, unmatched, unfitting

Types:
head-to-head, one-on-one, contest, competition, battle, showdown, more...

Adjectives:
first, classic, perfect, head, best, great, round, final, annual, second, hypothetical



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Similar:
matching, pairing, pairer, go-together, doublet, match made in heaven, mate, accepted pairing, counterpart, apposition, more...

Opposite:
mismatch, non-match, unmatched, unfitting

Types:
head-to-head, one-on-one, contest, competition, battle, showdown, more...

Adjectives:
first, classic, perfect, head, best, great, round, final, annual, second, hypothetical



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